Vendors demand to meet Kasukuwere

Vendors have demanded a meeting with Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere to discuss their continued harassment and abuse allegedly at the hands of local authorities in cities and towns.

The National Vendors' Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz), in a letter to Kasukuwere, said hawkers continued to suffer unwarranted arrest and confiscation of their goods by municipal police.

Vending has become a source of livelihood for hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans due to worsening unemployment.

But national police and municipal police often fight running battles with hawkers, particularly those operating at undesignated sites.