Harare heads for a clash with vendors
Informal traders vowed to fight back as they accused authorities of being divorced from economic realities that drive ordinary people into vending to make a living.
By Desmond Chingarande
May. 1, 2024
Perspectives: Building local economies and creating employment opportunities
Viset has developed alternative approaches to the management of street vendors and shared the same with authorities for adoption and possible implementation.
By Samuel Wadzai
Nov. 19, 2023
Harare moves to formalise SMEs
This comes as the informal sector has become the backbone of Zimbabwe’s economy, contributing at least 80% of the gross domestic product (GDP).
By Lorraine Muromo
Nov. 3, 2023
Letters: More State-funded schools should be introduced
Education plays an important role at both individual and societal levels in that it is a driver to national prosperity.
By Amh Voices
Jan. 25, 2023
Reforming the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act
The aim is to make the legal and policy framework user-friendly and receptive to the integration of the informal economy
By Samuel Wadzai
Nov. 11, 2022
Letters: Corrupt politicians must be brought to book
The elite have taken large amounts of money or investable surplus for their own gain in a way that impedes economic transformation.
By Amh Voices
Oct. 18, 2022
Letters: Authorities out of touch with reality
Zimbabwean authorities are out of touch with lived realities of poor citizens who are being choked by burgeoning public debt.
By Amh Voices
Oct. 8, 2022
Glen View Area 8 fires: Time for sustainable solutions
This is the second time this year, fortunately in the first case the fire was quickly doused by alert traders.
By Amh Voices
Oct. 5, 2022
