Zimbabwean Vendors Vow to Defy Govt Order

Local Government Minister Ignatious Chombo has given vendors days to move off the streets of the country's towns and cities at a time when rising unemployment continues to push thousands of people into the informal sector.

  • Zimbabwe:   Vendors Remain Defiant

    Financial Gazette, 24 June 2015

    STREET vendors have remained defiant that they are not moving from their selling points in city centres, staging a three hour demonstration in Harare where they presented a… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   D-Day for Vendors

    Financial Gazette, 25 June 2015

    THE country's resolve to rid the streets of the vendor menace will be tested tomorrow as the grace period for the army of illegal merchants to move out of the central business… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Vendors Sue Police Over March

    The Herald, 24 June 2015

    Vendors in Harare have filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court to bar police from disturbing their planned march aimed at seeking suspension of their removal from the… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Vendors Urge Govt to Create Jobs to End Invasion of Cities

    New Zimbabwe, 22 June 2015

    AS the deadline for vendors to quit the streets approaches, the informal traders have appealed to the government to fix the economy and create job opportunities, saying their… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   MDC-T Warns Zanu-PF Against Harrassing Vendors

    New Zimbabwe, 17 June 2015

    THE MDC-T has warned the government to trade carefully in dealing with illegal vendors, adding it has a more humane approach to the plight of the street traders. Read more »

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Vendors sell vegetables in Harare.

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