Vendors Urge Govt To Review 'Rhodesia Era' By-laws
The Survival Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (SVUZ) has urged the government to review the by-laws concerning vendors. By-laws forbid vendors from operating in the streets. SVUZ claim that the regulations are now out-dated since they were enacted during the Rhodesia era. SVUZ vice chairperson Obey Mwariwangu had this to say
The by-laws in the Urban Councils Act date back to the old constitution when Smith was still the president and there was rampant employment during that time. Now we don’t have anywhere to get jobs so we remain in the streets. They can’t be using those by-laws. They should actually revisit them and amend them so that we can also be in the system. We as SVUZ are appealing to the government to be sincere because we are unemployed and taking us off the streets is actually like signing our death warrant.
