Below are some images from Harare’s streets where vendors have continued trading despite a government directive ordering them to vacate illegal vending sites.
The defiance comes after Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe threatened a nationwide crackdown on illegal vending after he issued a seven-day ultimatum, which ended on September 10.
Last week, Garwe toured Harare’s CBD and surrounding areas, ordering street vendors to move from undesignated trading sites.
However, traders have since returned to their usual spots, citing that they have nowhere else to go and rely on street trading to survive. Advocacy groups have also called for viable alternative trading spaces before any crackdown is implemented.
The government has maintained that illegal vending is contributing to the deterioration of urban order and has urged traders to move to designated markets and vending bays.
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