Zimbabwe: Women Traders At Mercy of Harare Police

19 September 2016

"It is better to pay the $20 fine, than pay daily bribes," says defiant sadza seller

Zindoga open air market in Harare is famed for its "sadza", a thick porridge that is a staple of Zimbabwean life. Located in Waterfalls, one of the capital's more vibrant townships, this dusty ground with its orange vendors and bus touts, its roaming goats and baskets full of "road runner" chickens, draws everyone from rich bankers and lawyers to churchmen. They are shunning the city's well-heeled restaurants, lured here by a $2 plateful of "sadza" and meat cooked over a logfire.

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