Zambia: Vendors Under Attack – Africa Links 24

Harare, Zimbabwe – March 15, 2025

Zimbabweans have taken to social media to express outrage over ongoing crackdowns on street vendors, as municipal authorities, backed by security forces, intensify efforts to remove informal traders from urban centers. The operation follows a government directive aimed at clearing vendors from undesignated trading areas, sparking a heated debate over economic hardship, unemployment, and survival in the country.