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Zimbabwe:
Touting, Vending Other Jobs in Africa
Zimbabwe Independent, 12 June 2015
The current news in Zimbabwe is dominated by the issue of vendors being taken out of the street pavements of the cities. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Bogus Employment Agencies on the Prowl
Financial Gazette, 28 May 2015
Zimbabwe's army of job seekers face desperate times as formal employment has shrunk so dramatically that the rate is inching towards single digit percentage. Read more »
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Africa:
Africa Day - Poverty Grinds Continent
Zimbabwe Independent, 22 May 2015
TWENTY-SIX year old Patience Nyamayaro, a Bachelor of Science Honours in Sociology graduate, does shift work at a fast food outlet in Harare -- a job she never dreamt of doing… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Default Rate Calls for Tighter Controls
The Herald, 10 March 2015
YOUTH, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Christopher Mushohwe disclosed a shocking statistic last week. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Graduate or Spy?
Waza, 8 January 2015
Graduates from Zimbabwe's National Youth Service - seen as an arm of the nation's secret police - are often greeted with suspicion when applying for jobs. The result: unemployment. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Informal Sector Approaches Saturation
The Herald, 3 October 2014
Zimbabwe's informal sector is now approaching saturation as the number of participants is ever increasing with many economically active people seeking refuge from the shrinking… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Time to Give Energetic Youth a Chance
New Zimbabwe, 11 September 2014
Our Youth should stand up and be counted as their chance has come to replace the clueless and tired leadership in Zimbabwe. It is the prerogative of the government to start… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Hope Thinning for Zim Youth
Zimbabwe Standard, 7 September 2014
Hope of ever living the decent life they may have envisaged is fast running out for the bulk of Zimbabwean youth. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Street Vending - the Only Option for Zimbabwe's Graduates
Zimbabwe Standard, 24 August 2014
Tarisai Mukahanana (26) says if she could, she would tell all those who are graduating these days that they have set themselves on a rough and tough road -- tougher than any… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Zim Revolution - the Hard Lessons
The Herald, 17 July 2014
FROM time immemorial those whose privilege and luxury comes at the expense of the suffering masses have always been opposed to emancipation struggles, and our aristocrats within… Read more »
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Africa:
Touting, Vending Just Other Jobs in Africa
Zimbabwe Independent, 23 May 2014
We are getting accustomed to the words "trade in the informal sector" whenever we are discussing the economies in developing countries; or shall we say underdeveloped countries or… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Unemployment Turns Graduates Into Vendors
Zimbabwe Standard, 9 February 2014
Many graduates from Zimbabwe's tertiary institutions have lost hope of ever getting formal employment, as the economy continues to shrink. Read more »