Harare heads for a clash with vendors

THE City of Harare is headed for a fresh confrontation with informal traders after it introduced a set of by-laws to ban vending in the central business district (CBD).

Informal traders vowed to fight back as they accused authorities of being divorced from economic realities that drive ordinary people into vending to make a living.

In recently published by-laws, the local authority said informal traders were not allowed to sell any goods or foodstuffs in the CBD without a valid permit or lease agreement.

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