Correspondent|Vendors from the Mupedzanhamo market in Mbare said they have no links with the Stendrick (Sten) Zvorwadza-led National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (NAVUZ).

The angry vendors described Zvorwadza as a greedy person who seeks to feed off vendors through some meaningless organisations.

Speaking to journalists representatives of Mupedzanhamo market said Zvorwadza is trying to creep his way into their marketing place after city vendors who were loyal to him were driven off the Harare central business district.

“Zvorwadza has been receiving commissions from the vendors who have been driven off the CBD by local authorities and now he is trying to lure us into his organisation which has never represented us. Vendors who operate here speak directly to the local authorities through councilors. We don’t know Zvorwadza and we don’t need him,” said Phillip Chikove who is the secretary of the Mupedzanhamo market center.

Zvorwadza was also branded as an egocentric someone who uses his political agenda to feed his family at the expense of the people he claim to represent.

“Sten is very greedy. He only seeks the happiness of his family at the expense of all of us. He is not one of us and he can never be. He uses his political agenda to try and disturb our peace. Muchinja uya,” one of the vendors said.

This comes after there were rumors that local authorities have given vendors a three day ultimatum to vacate Mupedzanhamo, something the vendors dismissed as rubbish.

“As you can see we are operating normally here with no single threat. All that is being said is rubbish. We were never told that. Such bogus messages are created by individuals who want to creep their way into our operating center,” Chikove said.

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