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Harare council unleashes Zanu PF militia on vendors
The Standard (Zimbabwe)
October 24, 2004

http://www.thestandard.co.zw/read.php?st_id=842

ZANU PF militia recruits, recently incorporated into the municipal police by the Harare City Council, have unleashed a reign of terror on the street vendors, The Standard has learnt.

Lesley Gwindi, the City Council spokesperson, confirmed the Council had been working with the graduates of the national youth service centres for nearly a month. According to Gwindi, the graduates' main task is to drive out vendors who are mushrooming all over the capital.

"We are currently arresting vendors and confiscating their products. This will go on until they have relocated to designated places," Gwindi said.

However, vendors who spoke to The Standard said they were very bitter about the way the militias were harassing them.

One vendor who only identified himself as Simon said: "They should provide vending places, rather than confiscating our products on a daily basis. That will not change anything because we have nowhere to go."

Combined Harare Ratepayers' Association (CHRA) vice chairman, Israel Mabhoo, suggested the City Council establishes designated vending places in the city centre.

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