In a normal economy, today would be Workers' Day, but given the economic woes, it can aptly be referred to as a Vendors' Day.
At its economic peak, Zimbabwe had over two million workers contributing millions of dollars to the gross domestic product. But today less than 500 000 are still formally employed while over two million, including university graduates, have become vendors or are doing one odd job or another in the informal sector.
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