Solidarity Center Report: Zimbabwe Informal Economy Workers Report

“We are oppressed by the … authorities,” says Alice Mudenda, a fisher in Binga. “Our fish are confiscated by either the police, rural district council or National Parks officials under unclear circumstances.” Some 94 percent of Zimbabwe workers make their living outside the formal economy, and yet like Mudenda, they say they are harassed and bullied by authorities, according to a survey by the Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations (ZCEIA), a Solidarity Center ally. Read more at www.solidaritycenter.org
photo: Alice Mudenda, a fisher in Binga Credit: ZCEIA

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