Lesotho: Street Selling

22 May 2001
Mopheme/The Survivor (Maseru)
editorial

Maseru — The plight of people selling items in the streets is long overdue. Anytime anyone fells like terrorizing, intimidating and flexing their muscles on the lower classes, it is always the street vendors.

As one of the government policies on improving the lives of the citizens of this country, poverty reduction and job creation, is one of those on the high page. While government concedes that private sector participation towards this end will be of valuable contribution, the informal sector would definitely be one of the sectors to be considered.

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