Why brutalising food vendors hits Africa’s growing cities where it hurts
Why brutalising food vendors hits Africa’s growing cities where it hurts: A fishmonger pleads for customers in a Kenyan market. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya In January this year, the Harare City Council in Zimbabwe accused informal food vendors of spreading typhoid. The council then attempted to confiscate, and destroy, all perishable food items that were being hawked …