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Zimbabwe: Vendors Warn Harassments Could Spark Civil Unrest
New Zimbabwe, 15 July 2015
THE continued harassment of vendors at the hands of the municipality police could throw the country into a civil strife, the National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (NAVUZ) has warned. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Vendors' Goods Burnt
The Herald, 10 July 2015
Various clothes and goods worth thousands of dollars belonging to vendors were burnt to ashes last night in unclear circumstances. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 26 Nabbed As City Cops, Vendors Clash
The Herald, 10 July 2015
At least 26 illegal vendors were arrested yesterday for stoning Harare municipal police officers who were dismantling an illegal vendors' tent along Speke Avenue. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: 30 Vendors Nabbed, Six Injured in 'Military Style Swoop' As Kasukuwere Flexes Muscle
New Zimbabwe, 9 July 2015
Vendors in Harare said they suspected disguised military deployment Thursday as authorities turned to brute force to evict informal traders from the city centre, leaving 30 in jail… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Vendors, City in Staredown
The Herald, 9 July 2015
There was chaos in Harare yesterday when municipal police pulled down illegal vendors' tents and tables to force them off the streets, but their action was in vain as the traders… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Kasukuwere and Harare Mayor Have Coffee As Vendors Brutalised
New Zimbabwe, 9 July 2015
Newly appointed local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere posted a picture of himself on Twitter Thursday morning enjoying coffee with Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni who is a… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Crackdown On Vendors Begins
Financial Gazette, 8 July 2015
Harare Municipal Police on Wednesday swooped on illegal vendors in the Central Business District (CBD), pulling down tents and removing vending stalls as council moves in to bring… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Vendors Must Be Wary of Failed Politicians
The Herald, 10 July 2015
The Harare City Council appears not committed to removing vendors from the streets and pavements and Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Cde Saviour… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Police Drive Out Vendors But Harare Mayor Admits Defeat As Many Flood Back Into City Centre
New Zimbabwe, 8 July 2015
Minor scuffles broke out as Harare municipal cops made good on a pledge to drive vendors from the capital's crowded sidewalks on Wednesday with the ZRP keeping a watching brief on… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Vendors Removed From Streets
The Herald, 8 July 2015
Harare City Council has today started moving illegal vendors off the streets to designated sites which were created by council. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Kasukuwere Vows to Clean-Up Harare Mess
The Herald, 8 July 2015
Newly-appointed Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Cde Saviour Kasukuwere has vowed to end lawlessness in Harare and other local authorities saying he… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Harare Mayor Warns Politicians From Hijacking Vendor Registration
New Zimbabwe, 5 July 2015
Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has confirmed that Zanu PF has hijacked the registration of vendors in the city after the National Vendors Union Zimbabwe (NAVUZ) recently… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Move Immediately, Vendors Told
The Herald, 6 July 2015
All vendors who have registered with the Harare City Council and obtained vendors' cards must start operating from the approved sites dotted around the city, the city council has… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Vendors Need Community Support
Zimbabwe Standard, 30 June 2015
That Zimbabwe, particularly its capital city Harare's CBD, now resembles one major vending stall is symptomatic of how implausibly bad the country's economic situation has become. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: MDC-T Councillors Rapped for Siding With Vendors
The Herald, 4 July 2015
Zanu-PF councillors and town planners have condemned MDC-T councillors for using their dominance to promote anarchy and lawlessness in Harare through siding with illegal vendors… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Vendors Say Government Fears Informal Traders May Start an Uprising
New Zimbabwe, 3 July 2015
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's government is terrified of "an uprising fronted by vendors" hence it has resorted to strong arm tactics to remove them frpm the streets, the Zimbabwe… Read more »