Zimbabwean Street Vendors Vow to Defy Harare Eviction Order

Street vendors in Harare say they will resist a government directive to vacate illegal trading areas, arguing that informal commerce is their only source of income amid widespread unemployment and worsening economic pressure.

With the September 9 deadline drawing near, authorities are preparing a zero-tolerance crackdown on unlicensed vending in the capital, with plans to extend the operation across the country.

Vendors and civil society organisations caution that evictions without sufficient alternative trading sites could intensify poverty and strip thousands of people of their livelihoods.