street vendors

Cars have become mobile markets in Zimbabwe where enterprising residents are selling goods from their vehicles to cope with economic hardships caused by the coronavirus.
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A small group of illegal vendors yesterday engaged in running battles with the police as they refused to leave the streets as part of Government efforts to contain the cholera outbreak, which has so far killed 30 people.
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Business was brought to a halt in Gweru’s Central Business District as police and vendors engaged in fierce battles after the street vendors defied a council directive to stop their open air operations following a typhoid outbreak.
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Government has given illegal vendors and pirate taxi operators 48 hours to vacate the streets in all towns and cities, or the security forces will move in to remove them, a Cabinet minister has said.
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Vendors in central Harare were shocked when they were driven from the streets on Tuesday by members of the army, police and municipal workers.
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But as day broke and the police circled in their tankers it began to dawn on many street hawkers that this could be a fight they would not win. Slowly they retreated to the prescribed designated sites, while a few packed their stalls and…
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The daily struggles for survival coupled with high unemployment in Zimbabwe has resulted in mixed fortunes for shop operators who have been dragged into competition with street vendors who are now providing virtually every household…
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HARARE and Chitungwiza municipal councils say they are fighting an uphill battle to rid the capital and its dormitory town of illegal street vendors.
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HARARE — Police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party outside a courthouse on Monday. About 200 demonstrators gathered outside the High Court to protest trumped up charges being brought against 29…
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HARARE- The Harare city centre was briefly turned into war zone on Wednesday after street vendors clashed with police trying to close down their stalls. SW Radio Africa understands around 10 police officers surrounded vendors between First…
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