Street Vendors Defy Mugabe Ban
Police in Zimbabwe have arrested street vendors after they defied an order from President Robert Mugabe to close up shop to make way for pedestrians and traffic. With Zimbabwe's unemployment rate estimated as high as 85 percent, informal trading has become the order of day in the economically depressed country.
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Zimbabwe:
Harare Vendors Defiant
Zimbabwe Standard, 15 October 2017
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) and municipal police yesterday maintained a strong presence in Harare's central business district as they continued with their clampdown on vendors. Read more »
Zimbabwean food vendor (file photo).
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President Robert Mugabe has ordered a crackdown on poor citizens eking a living out of street vending in most of the country's major cities, 12 years after a similar exercise left ... Read more »