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Informal traders demand reopening of borders
Lorraine Muromo and Vanessa Gonye and Praisemore Sithole ·
CROSS-border traders yesterday called on government to urgently reopen the country’s borders to enable the more that 90% of the population in the informal to restart their lives following a long COVID-19-induced lockdown.
The call follows the easing of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday, where he opened up the informal sector but was mum on the opening up of the country’s borders.
Cross-Border Traders Association of Zimbabwe leader Killer Zivhu told NewsDay that the continued closure of borders would severely affect the livelihoods of his members who constitute 90% of the population who make up the informal sector .
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