Violence has broken out in Harare this morning as municipal police attacked vendors in a potentially explosive situation likely to hurt many vulnerable pedestrians.
Municipality police are at present “everywhere” in the CBD physically pushing vendors to move to designated areas.
In retaliation vendors who are fully registered, are grouping and shouting slogans against the move.
A witness told ZimEye.com people should stay at away from the city centre today. “If one does not have serious business in town today let them stay out of the hot zones. The situation is likely to be bad later in the day as some rowdy elements come into town,” they said.
Promise Mkhwananzi the Programs Coordinator of the Zimbabwe Informal Sectoe Organisation told ZimEye.com the attackers are municipal police.
“They are municipal police,” he said adding they are in groups of fifties.
He further added saying,
“Vendors are being kicked out under our nose. We have learnt nothing and forgot nothing.
” Murambatsvina came and passed we pledged that never again would such an opportunity pass under our nose. Here it is.
“Passing as we watch arguing which leader can give a better speech than the others.