Ibandla le Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace selikhuthaze uhulumende ukuthi amemezele ukuthi ukuswelakala kwamanzi ahlanzekileyo elizweni sokufike kusibanga se “National Disaster” ukwenzela ukuthi athole usizo olufaneleyo olokulwisana laloluhlupho.
Inhlanganiso le ithi ikhathazwa yikumemetheka komkhuhlane we typhoid e Harare, njalo inengi labantu lithola amanzi endaweni ezingahlanzekanga, okungabangela ukuqhamuka komunye njalo omkhuhlane we cholera njengalokhu okwenzakala ngomnyaka ka 2008.
Kodwa uMnu. Sam Sipepa Nkomo, umphathintambo kahulumende obona ngenhlelo zamanzi utshele uSithandekile Mhlanga we Studio 7 ukuthi uhulumende usebenza gadalala ukulethela abantu amanzi ahlanzekileyo engakakhulumi nge “national disaster.”