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Article: Zambian street vendors warned against tough action
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 14, 2007
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Zambian street vendors warned against tough action
LUSAKA, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Zambian Local Government Minister has
appealed to street vendors in capital Lusaka to immediately leave the
streets or they will "face the wrath of the law," local newspaper The
Post reported Saturday.
Sylvia Masebo said during a press briefing on Friday that street
vendors were going to be arrested and brought before the courts,
adding they had done enough talking which had "fallen on deaf ears."
"They will be fined and if they fail to pay, the will be
imprisoned ... we need to ...