Zimbabwe's power company just announced they're installing prepaid meters in Hwange's Ingagula suburb and residents are absolutely livid about it. The electricity folks framed it as an upgrade from bulk metering, but locals see it as the government giving up on moving them out of a zone that got declared unsafe years ago because of pollution.
Environmental agency reports showed contamination levels blowing past WHO safety standards and residents have been waiting forever to get relocated away from nearby mining operations that keep messing up their health. Community organizers said the meter rollout proves authorities have zero intention of actually evacuating people from the condemned area, which makes the whole thing feel like officials pretending everything is fine when it definitely isn't.
Environmental agency reports showed contamination levels blowing past WHO safety standards and residents have been waiting forever to get relocated away from nearby mining operations that keep messing up their health. Community organizers said the meter rollout proves authorities have zero intention of actually evacuating people from the condemned area, which makes the whole thing feel like officials pretending everything is fine when it definitely isn't.
