In Harare, Zimbabwe, street vendors turn their vehicles into makeshift, unauthorised, shops to sell goods on the city centre’s pavement.
Carts, cars and trucks turned into makeshift, unauthorised, shops sell anything from potatoes to babies' nappies on the pavements of the city centre.Cash-crunched Zimbabweans are increasingly turning to informal vendors for their groceries shopping as, with little or no overheads, street hawkers can afford to undercut big supermarkets.
"All beverages I sell here are being charged double there," he said, pointing to a branch of supermarket chain Foodworld. Only last month, the Zimbabwean dollar was trading at around 1,000 against its more coveted US counterpart. The Zimbabwean dollar was revived in 2019, but it seems to be suffering from much the same ailments as its previous incarnation.Many who earn a salary in local money, rush to currency exchange shops on pay day.
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