Vendors call for engagement over taxes
Authorities have ramped up pressure for the informal sector to formalise operations.
By Tafadzwa Mhlanga
Mar. 26, 2025
Viset pushes for informal traders to be tax compliant
According to Viset, there is a need for enhanced transparency and accountability in relation to the use of tax revenues collected from the informal sector.
By Praise Nyamadzawo
Feb. 26, 2025
African economies should use natural resources to shape career pathways
A lot could be learnt from African tradition that had its own ways of identifying talents, gifts and passions within children from a tender age.
By Charles Dhewa
May. 1, 2024
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
Mupedzanhamo overpopulated: Council
Council spokesperson Innocent Ruwende told NewsDay that council would relocate some of the vendors from Mupedzanhamo to new sites.
By Tapfumanei Muchabaiwa
Oct. 19, 2022
