Mbare informal traders pick up the pieces after fire incident

THE heart of the Mbare Musika Market, located in one of Harare’s oldest high-density suburb, Mbare, is slowly beginning to beat again.

Its vibrant pulse is being reignited by the resilience of informal traders who refuse to be defeated after a devastating fire that occurred earlier this month swept through, leaving little but charred remains of their livelihoods.

With sheer determination,  the traders have cleared the debris, constructing makeshift shelters in defiance, resolute in rebuilding Zimbabwe’s top informal market and, with it, their hopes.

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