How a market became a microcosm of Zim’s political battles

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Violent turf wars between Zanu-PF and Citizens Coalition for Change gangs closed down Harare’s biggest second-hand clothes market. With elections set for next month, conflict in the area is expected to escalate.

Harare’s high-density suburb of Mbare is strangely silent — the cacophony of traffic that once surrounded the Mupedzanhamo market and the shouts of the touts are absent. For the past seven months, the thriving second-hand clothing market has been closed.

Up until two months ago, piles of car tyres still barricaded the main road to the market — a makeshift roadblock manned by three anti-riot policemen. Another barricade prevented access to the far side of the market. They’d been there since October.... There’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in SA. Our subscription packages now offer an

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