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District

Masvingo

Urban

Council

Masvingo

Rural

District

Council

Chivi

Rural

District

Council

Mwenezi

Rural

District

Council

Participation in the market

Should be a resident of the

town. Payment of a

registration fee of US$4.5

to the council.

Entry into the sector is the

prerogative of the market

management committee.

No joining fees or council

rentals.

Ministry of National Affairs

regarded as pre–co-

operatives only markets

that could present an

organized structure (i.e.,

chairperson, secretary and

treasurer) with records of

accounts.

Joining fees are paid at the

council offices.

Reasons for

expulsion from

the market

Non-payment of

rental; sharing a

stall with an

unregistered

person.

(The council has

no control over

the sector.)

(The council has

no control over

the sector.)

Non-payment of

rental (but the

payment system

was abandoned in

1998).

Payment of feed to council

Monthly rental of US$6.6 for

the council controlled

market stall. Stall was built

by the council.

None. Most of the markets

operate on private or

resettlement land. Council

does not provide stalls.

No one pays the council for

operating these markets. A

tax was introduced in the

early 1990s but could not be

effected. Council does not

provide stalls.

People pay monthly rentals

of US$13.3, with an

additional monthly fine of

US$2.7 for defaulters.

Council does not provide

stalls. The payment system

was abandoned in 1998.

All The Ministry of Roads controls where markets are located along the road, though

with little success. Officials had in one or two cases requested relocations of

markets to safer sites. by The Ministry of National Affairs had sporadically

registered craft markets—none in Chivi District operate legally, but six are in

the process of fulfilling the requirements for registration, e.g., having records

of accounts.

Operation Rules

Table 3. Differences in official operational rules regulating markets in districts

along the Masvingo–Beitbridge road in 1997

Note: At the time of the survey US$1 = Z$11.30.

markets is that the use of this joining fee is left to the discretion of the

chairperson. New members who cannot pay the fee at joining are allowed to

pay after their first sales. At times, the relaxation of rules has meant no rules

at all. At only one third of the markets with rules on entry and expulsion have

these been implemented since the markets came into being. In extreme cases

membership is forfeited if an individual does not abide by the regulations of

the market committee. Stealing other people’s products, absenteeism from

security duty at night and selling other people’s products without accounting

for the sale are reasons for which people get reprimanded or expelled.

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