Zanu-PF orders lockdown on vendors

The ruling Zanu-PF party ordered a shutdown of all vending sites and small-scale businesses in Harare today as it seeks to commandeer residents to belated May Day celebrations, where Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some Cabinet ministers are expected to roll out the party's 2018 election promises.

For the first time since the turn of the millennium, this year government has organized the Workers' Day celebrations through the ruling party's affiliated trade union, the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU).

To ensure that the gathering set for Rufaro Stadium does not flop, the Zanu-PF commissariat department led by Local Government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has ordered all party structures in the province to ensure maximum attendance.