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Zimbabwe Vendors Face Crackdown | Zimbabwe News
Zimbabwe’s government is ordering street vendors to shut down by September 2026, citing sanitation and obstruction—yet the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is rallying against this crackdown, arguing that the real crisis is unemployment, not vendors. ZCTU Secretary General Tirivanhu Marimo says most street sellers are forced into vending due to economic collapse, even graduates with degrees, and accuses politicians of hypocrisy: they push people onto the streets for votes, then condemn them after elections. The union insists the informal economy must be supported, not smashed, unless the…
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