October Newsletter

BVTA SAVES A VENDOR FROM TRUMPED UP CHARGES BY BYO MUNICIPAL POLICE

Doreen Selimani (35) was rescued by BVTA after some unscrupulous Bulawayo municipal police officers laid trumped up charges against her in an attempt to cover up for the broken arm injury inflicted upon her 15 year old daughter during a scuffle to seize her goods in their routine violent raids.

 

FROM A VENDOR TO AN AWARD WINNING BUSINESS WOMAN

Lillian Musipani (34), Chairperson of Ward 26 Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) Executive Committee and Award winning detergent producer shares her story of how BVTA capacity building trainings turned her fortunes. Musipani is a recipient of the BVTA’s Institutional Strengthening Project that equipped 600 vendors and informal traders with requisite knowledge on their rights and responsibilities.

 

COORDINATOR’S NOTE

BVTA has made progress simply because its Board, Executive Committee, Secretariat and Members have a unity of purpose that is focused on ensuring that our members and all informal traders get a better deal from the local authority. As BVTA, we are grateful for the support we have received from our partners such as the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), Olof Palme and LACEP who have supported our quest to achieve an inclusive economy and the active participation of informal traders in policy formulation.

 

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