Perspectives: A time to support women in the informal economy
Everyone in our different spheres of influence need to stand in solidarity with women as they strive for a future where all women are empowered, respected, and can reach their full potential.
By Samuel Wadzai
Mar. 17, 2024
City battles night vendors menace
Bulawayo Streetwise Informal Traders Association director Percy Mcijo said his organisation was against all sorts of illegal vending, day or night.
By Jerssie Mpofu
Mar. 17, 2024
Informal sector formalisation on cards: Govt
She was responding to Zanu PF Bikita South legislator, Energy Mutodi, who wrote to the minister requesting information on plans to improve job quality in Zimbabwe.
By Harriet Chikandiwa
Feb. 23, 2024
Return of duty lifts burden on companies — Buy Zim
This comes at a time when retailers have been crying over losing business to informal traders.
By Julia Ndlela
Feb. 9, 2024
Fresh calls for informal sector formalisation
WCoZ national co-ordinator Fadzai Traquino said women in the informal economy suffered neglect despite their contribution to the economy.
By Sizalokuhle Ncube
Feb. 3, 2024
Perspectives: Anti-people taxes now in full swing
Estimates note that up to 90% of Zimbabwe’s workforce is employed in the informal sector.
By Samuel Wadzai
Jan. 14, 2024
Women’s right to the city is a daily struggle
The intersection of patriarchy and capitalism creates an urban character and spaces in which women’s right to the city is a daily contest.
By Ntando Dumani
Dec. 8, 2023
Reconsider ban on vendors operating in towns
Over the years, raids on vendors by the police and city council officials have resulted in violence and harassment of vendors.
By Lorraine Muromo
Nov. 21, 2023
Harare’s night vendors invade Bulawayo pavements
Hundreds of informal traders have taken over street pavements, selling clothes and farm produce including groceries outside retail and clothing shops.
By Margaret Lubinda
Nov. 5, 2023
