Zivhu rescues cross-border traders

MILLIONS of cross-border traders have been pushed into abject poverty due to the continued closure of borders as a result of COVID-19, the Zimbabwe Cross-Border Traders Association said yesterday.

The association’s leader Killer Zivhu yesterday commended President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga for making “sterling efforts” to combat the spread of COVID-19, adding that it had been difficult to balance between saving lives and business.

Zivhu said his organisation would assist cross-border traders to buy goods from manufacturers in neighbouring countries without risking their lives crossing illegally.

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