An estimated 200 people from an informal settlement in the suburb of Gunhill and thousands of informal traders across Harare face eviction without adequate notice or consultation. The city council has said it is considering action against illegal settlements and market places to restore order. Its claimed that the The Deputy Mayor claimed those targeted people are a health hazard and are violating city byelaws.
Since Operation Murambatsvina, the city of Harare has repeatedly targeted informal traders, mainly urban poor, seizing their wares and fining them for operating at illegal trading places.
27.7.2009
14:28
Fear of more mass evictions
HARARE - Thousands of people in Harare face mass eviction from their market stalls and homes. Most of the targeted people are victims of the 2005 mass forced evictions that left as many as 700,000 people without homes or livelihood. Four years, on the authorities now want to forcibly re-evict some of these people.