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The “Unseen” Workforce

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Walking around the towns and cities of Zimbabwe you will always be met with a familiar sight of people tending to their vending stalls and in most of these cases these will be female folks of this vibrant yet informal sector. If you come from the medium to high density suburbs of my motherland like me then you know how convenient these people can be. Have you ever run out of cooking oil or tomatoes and your salary is still weeks away you cannot afford to buy your monthly supply of groceries. In the midst of all this chaos you remember that there is a certain woman down the street who sells tomatoes, she even has a little convenient store that sells groceries. Even if you do not have enough money, she is willing to give you on credit provided you will pay your dent at the end of the month. Convenience, Convenience, Convenience. In   2020   unbeknown to anyone, we found ourselves in the midst of a pandemic. A pandemic so bad that we had to stay indoors Most of us could not mak...