LIVE REPORT:ZRP cops are attacking 9 year old kids, the National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe chairman, Sten Zvorwadza says.
Speaking on the LIVE-REPORT program yesterday Mr Zvorwadza said while the economy is on its knees, many ZRP cops are worsening people’s misery through torture, also revealing shocking statistics that Zimbabwe’s vendor community now numbers 5,7million members in a country with less than 11 million resident citizens.
“The economy in Zimbabwe is being driven by street vendors, and because it is being driven by street vendors, we are proud to be called street vendors because we are sustaining this very economy so that it does not collapse in the face of these leaders who have failed to create policies to turn around the nation,” said Zvorwadza.
“In excess of 5,7 million are on the streets (vending) which means half the population of Zimbabwe are street vendors, informal economy workers….if we are talking of ratios, the number of people who are trading, are actually more than the people who are buying. This is why you see a person in Zimbabwe can spend 10 hours to work for a mere $2, for ten hours, and these statistics only show that our economy is in a shocking comatose, and because of this crisis we call upon citizens the world over to appreciate that Zimbabwe is in a crisis that needs to be addressed,” he added.
He added saying these vendors comprise 9 year old kids who are being brutalised by the cops. WATCH THE LIVE VIDEO BELOW: