Waterfalls, Harare Explained

Waterfalls is a residential suburb in the southern region of Harare, Zimbabwe and falls under Harare Ward 23 District. Waterfalls neighbourhoods include Ardbennie, Cheviot, Derbyshire, Grobbie Park, Houghton Park, Induna Park, Mainway Meadows, Malvern, Midlands, Parktown, Prospect, Shortstone and Uplands. The name Waterfalls is a reference to the falls that lead into Mukuvisi River.[1] There are squatted informal settlements around Waterfalls.[2] As of 2013, the biggest squatter zone in Harare was Hopley, next to Waterfalls.[3]

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-17.91°N 31.0153°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Of suburb names and colonial hangover | Celebrating Being Zimbabwean. 15 August 2021. 28 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428201957/https://www.thepatriot.co.zw/old_posts/of-suburb-names-and-colonial-hangover/. dead.
  2. News: Squatters: Housing shortages or lawlessness? . 31 March 2022 . The Sunday Mail . 11 January 2015.
  3. News: Staff writer . New slum threat in Harare . 31 March 2022 . The Zimbabwe Independent . 20 September 2013.

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