ZIMBABWE NETZWERK e.V.

Street Vendors' Protest Sparking a Revolution

Stanley Kwenda writes on allafrica.com: "(...) Tichareva lives in fear of the local police confiscating his goods, especially now that the Zimbabwean Police and the Harare City Council have launched a campaign to drive illegal vendors out of the city.

(...) The police and council officials move around the city in trucks arresting vendors who sell goods without a licence and confiscating their merchandise. The raids are often violent as the vendors have now organised themselves and are fighting back. On Jan. 11 the Harare city centre came to a standstill as the police and vendors fought, with vendors throwing stones at the police. (...)"
Read more.


Letzte Änderung: Thursday, 19-Jan-2012 17:26:11 CET
Vorherige Meldung:
20.12.2011 Raftopoulos: Zim politics in spell of indecision