Epworth, Zimbabwe
17°53′22″S 31°09′41″E / 17.88944°S 31.16139°E
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Epworth is a
Background
Epworth is located about twelve kilometres from the
History
Epworth Mission was established by the Rev. Shimmin as a Methodist Mission Station more than a century ago, in 1890. Epworth then and to this day is divided into 7 wards.
A large influx of people occurred during the late 1970s and early 1980s with the population being 20,000 in 1980 and 35,000 in 1987. The
Epworth was initially developed into four sub-areas but as the population increased it expanded to nine sub-areas that had extensive squatter settlements. Health services are provided by two
Development status
For the past 5 years all the well-structured areas (Stopover, Domboramwari, Overspill, Glenwood and Chiremba) have had electricity, a big improvement in the suburb, making it one of the most developed areas in Harare. There has been development, with a new suburb near Delport called Glenwood, which is well structured with modern houses to make it one of the best developed, high-density areas in Harare. However, most unstructured and unregulated illegal structures in Dhonoro, Magada and the down part of Overspill are pulling the suburb backwards as there is no hope for development. Epworth is very clean and they have a unique way of managing their waste and the absence of a sewer system makes the community safe from diseases considering how unsustainable the sewer system has been in Harare. The majority of residents get by as
Since most of the houses found in the town are built from unburnt bricks, the houses are prone to falling during heavy rains.[8] Due to the harsh economic times that the country has been passing through for the past decade, crime has been on the increase in the overcrowded suburb.[9][10]
Government and politics
Epworth is represented by the Epworth constituency in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe.
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of the major cities in Zimbabwe
- ^ Harare Provincial Profile (PDF) (Report). Parliament Research Department. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2013.
- ^ Central Statistics Office of Zimbabwe, 2003. Demographic and Healthy Survey, Government Printer, Harare, Zimbabwe.
- ^ Butcher, 1993 C. Butcher, Low income housing. In: L. Zinyama, Editor, Harare—The Growth and Problems of the city, University of Zimbabwe Publications, Harare, Zimbabwe (1993)
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- ^ Gandidzanwa, P., 2003. Attitudes and practices towards water supply and sanitation facilities: the case study of the Epworth upgrading programme. M.Sc. thesis (unpublished), University of Zimbabwe
- ^ Heavy rain sometimes destroy homes [1](accessed 2 November 2008)
- ^ Relief Work continues [2](accessed 2 November 2008)
- ^ No respite for workers.[3](accessed 2 November 2008)
- ^ "Epworth Turns Back on Its Christian Roots" at allafrica.com (accessed 2 November 2008)