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This will give cross-border traders an opportunity to showcase their goods free of charge.
Cross-border traders from Beitbridge, Hwange and Chiredzi among others will meet at one big flea market for 24 hours and sell wares.
In an interview, CBTAZ president Mr Killer Zivhu said the organisation had taken a more aggressive stance to empower traders.
He also said that due to the exorbitant rents charged by shop owners, foreigners such as Nigerians were the only ones who could afford to rent shops.
Mr Zivhu said the municipal police were also not giving them a chance to sell their wares and mobile flea markets would create an opportunity for them to sell their goods without restrictions. “The mobile flea markets is a total empowerment to local cross-border traders and a chance to beat the competitive foreign businesspeople who seem to have more market and capital for high rentals.
He said that the first one-stop shop was to be set in Kwekwe at Baghdad Stadium on October 8 and several cross-border traders from across the country would exhibit their wares 24 hours. Several musicians among them Sulumani Chimbetu, Tongai Moyo, Fungisai Mashavave, Kapfupi and Kudzai Nyakudya, apostolic and dancing groups will provide entertainment to the sellers and buyers.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter