“Ten years of rejection by those mandated with ensuring the well-being of the
weak as well as the strong, has seen our members in the informal sector eking out
a living in situations which ensure only abject poverty and despair.”
[P.C.Ncube, Secretary General for Bulawayo Upcoming
Traders’ Association, 21 July 2006]
“This is not just a crisis, but a meltdown…”
“…The UN could have done more if there were good working
conditions….Government should remove bureaucracy. They
should let us help their people.”1
[UN Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, Jan Egeland,
December 2005]
“We are happy with the whole programme. We cleaned up our city and built
houses for our people. We removed illegal foreign currency dealers and tsotsis
(criminals) from the streets.”
[Cain Mathema, Resident Minister for Bulawayo Province
The Chronicle, 20 May 2006]
1
Zimbabwe Independent, 9 December 2005: “Egeland endorses Tibaijuka report”.
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