b. Economic Conflicts and Violations HARARE –there were violent clashes between the vendors and municipal police in Harare’s Central Business District on the 12th of October 2015. The Police were displacing vendors selling their wares on undesignated places. The defiant vendors retaliated against the forced evictions leading to 13 of them being arrested and 1 Council Police Officer hospitalised. Figure 1: Vendors armed themselves with stones as they fought running battles with Harare municipal police who tried to confiscate their wares in Nelson Mandela Avenue ZVIMBA –On the 17th of October, HZT received a complaint from Dermax employees complaining about inhuman working conditions and ill-treatment from their employer. Dermax is a Chinese Chrome mining Company in Kutama Ward 5. The employees working in the open cast and shaft mining areas complained that they were not being paid and they were working for long hours. To worsen matters, they were neither receiving protective clothing nor medical cover upon suffering injuries. c. Unfair Aid Distribution MUTOKO – on the 15th of October in ward 22, Mutoko, Mr Tarirai Jinjika, a ZANU PF elected Councillor, reportedly distributed food aid in a partisan manner in favour of ZANU PF supporters. The food aid is said to be from the Government. The distribution of food aid is increasingly taking place in the country and there have been reports of increasing partisanship 7