PRESS STATEMENT ON VENDOR RELOCATION BY HIS WORSHIP HARARE MAYOR COUNCILLOR HERBERT THOMAS GOMBA AT TOWN HOUSE

29 JANUARY 2019

In the spirit and desire to accord the informal sector decent trading spaces Harare City Council is allocating additional trading spaces and reviving old and disused markets through the rerouting of mass bus transit system through the approved markets.

Bus terminuses at the old markets are being revived.

We therefore call on all informal sector members doing business at undesignated sites to approach their district offices for allocation.

To complement our efforts we are inviting stakeholders with capacity to construct temporary and permanent vending infrastructure at designated sites to approach council for space allocation.

All such engagements should be done through the Town Clerk’s office at Town House before close of business on Wednesday next week.

Council supports legal vending and has an obligation to avail sheltered spaces and where capacity is constrained, council has authority to seek partners for assistance.

All members of the informal sector who have been trading at undesignated and were moved from the illegal sites are advised to visit their nearest district offices for space allocation.

Relevant District Officers have been advised to attend to all space inquiries.

Taking up space at approved trading sites will eliminate the demolition of illegal structures and loss of investments.

Informal traders are advised to deal with council officials and help us eliminate the presence of space barons – who only take our money and do not invest in the provision of the trading spaces or their maintenance.

Business models will be discussed with the shortlisted stakeholders or partners.