Intimidation, corruption and evictions, Zimbabwe's street vendors struggle for survival
2,536 views · Published 11 June 2015 · 3:21 · Indexed 10 November 2026
Channel: TimesLIVE Video · 2015 · News & Politics
With almost half of Zimbabwe's population relying on the informal sector due to the country's worsening economic crisis, the income of street vendors has been affected for years by police intimidation and corruption. The Zimbabwean government further recently declared street vendors illegal and has set a deadline for vendors to evict their place of business pending the deployment of the national guard to do so by force, an action that has been challenged by the struggling vendors in the country's high court.
