Police forces who came in armoured puma vehicles succumbed on Wednesday afternoon as vendors protesting against their removal continued charging into the Central Business District.
A barrier close to parliament was removed by the determined men and women as police retreated upon seeing hoardes of furious Street Merchants flooding into the city centre.
Gun totting cops became motionless upon seeing even disabled vendors pushing them away.
Our member living with disability in the wheel chair delivered her demands and the Deputy Clerk of Parliament received the petition only to sound back that it was the vendors right to deliver the requests without police hindrances. (Woman in spectacles addressing journalists soon after receiving the petition.)
The Zimbabwe National Vendors Union leader Stendrick Zvorwadza told ZimEye.com, “the constitution of Zimbabwe provides on section 59 Freedom to demonstrate and petition. ZRP is breaking the law by trying to stop the demonstration.
“I am pretty sure that fighting such a huge gathering is tantamount to simply inviting civil unrest unnecessarily. The right thing for ZRP under these circumstances is to monitor the situation from a distance.
“Remember, ZRP is heavily compromised because National Vendors Union Zimbabwe has other Civic Organisations in solidarity. We are also privileged to have a radical human rights organisation, ROHR Zimbabwe, with us on this demonstration.”
The vendors whose number exceeds 6 million unemployed people across the country, are taking the petition to Parliament this afternoon requesting a reversal of government action to remove them from the Central Business District.
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Greatmore!!! wonderful name you got there mate but you seem to be lacking in common sense most of these vendors seem to have passed through school and managed to attain a fair level of common sense!! The city center is the heart of Harare and that is where the market is kikiki “Factors influencing the location of a business in ordinary level commerce” These are not just lay vendors you see!!! They will not be removed without a fight!!!
we should also utilize area ye state house titengese mbambaira nema vegetables kikiki!!!!
Ho manje, apa pane basa cde, vanhu ava vakajaira kuratidzira, next stop pastate house chaipo
Give them jobs as you promised you idiot
A significant percentage of vendors in Zimbabwe now, is composed of the police, army and other state agents. There is no where they could have unleashed terror to their wives and fellows. Zimbabwe ‘ s security sector is now at its weakest point. They have proved that they are tired now.
Ngavabude mutown centre chete nyaya ipere.
Pamberi nezvido zvevanhu!
Well done to our fellow brothers and sisters in the police force for not unleashing any terror on innocent civilians.
Banning the vendors was a foolish decision by government, no one would want to be a vendor if they can have a better paying job! There are simple no jobs going in Zimbabwe so what does the regime want people to do!