Shop owners in Harare’s central
business district (CBD) have
welcomed the joint exercise by the
Harare City Council and Zimbabwe
Republic Police to transfer vendors to designated vending sites.

The record number of illegal vendors
who had occupied the CBD of Harare
had not only made the streets
impassable but were unfairly eating
into the market of properly registered
business located.

Business owners who spoke to the
ZBC News applauded the joint
exercise not only as fair but provides
a conducive and orderly trading
environment.
“These streets were an eyesore, we
are not able to offload our stocks
and sales had gone down. Some of
the people were taking advantage of
the situation by stealing from our
shops and we lost due to this.
Those vendors selling clothes like us
were making a killing as they were
less than us because they do not
pay rent, salaries, taxes and the
like,” said some shop owners.

The authorities have not only
removed the vendors but have
identified sites where there is proper
infrastructure to conduct their
business legally- state media.