Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06HARARE946
2006-07-27 11:08:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Harare
Cable title:
LATEST CLEAN UP OPERATION TARGETS MBARE MARKET
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C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 000946
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/S FOR H.SERVIN-BAEZ
SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR C. COURVILLE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2015
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
SUBJECT: LATEST CLEAN UP OPERATION TARGETS MBARE MARKET
REF: A. REF A: HARARE 721
B. REF B: HARARE 583
Classified By: Charge d,affaires Michael Raynor under Section 1.4 b/d
C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 000946
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/S FOR H.SERVIN-BAEZ
SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR C. COURVILLE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2015
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
SUBJECT: LATEST CLEAN UP OPERATION TARGETS MBARE MARKET
REF: A. REF A: HARARE 721
B. REF B: HARARE 583
Classified By: Charge d,affaires Michael Raynor under Section 1.4 b/d
1. (SBU) Officials from the International Organization for
Migration (IOM) on July 21 reported to post that police on
July 14 and 15 demolished the Magaba informal marketplace in
Harare's high-density suburb of Mbare. Magaba venders told
an Embassy local staff member on July 24 that police on
horseback descended on the marketplace and ordered them to
destroy their impromptu stalls. IOM initially estimated that
some 90 traders had been displaced, but Combined Harare
Residents Association (CHRA) spokesmen Precious Shumba told
poloff on July 25 that about 200 had been affected.
2. (SBU) The informal traders told our local staff member
that, after last year's clean-up operations, the Harare City
Council had promised stalls and workshops at the nearby
Siya-So marketplace. Siya-So quickly became overcrowded,
prompting many traders to return to Magaba. CHRA officials
told us the City Council only became aware of the reemergence
of Magaba ) which is hidden from the street by a block of
stores - after the owner of the property applied for a dog
breeding license and the council came out to investigate.
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Comment
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3. (C) More than a year after the destruction of homes and
businesses of an estimated 700,000 people, the reverberations
of Operation Restore Order/Murambatsvina continue. The
destruction of Magaba market is only the latest small-scale
GOZ effort to clean the city of "undesirables" (Ref A and B).
While at this point the displacement at Magaba appears
limited and no other informal markets have been targeted, we
cannot rule out the possibility that these events will grow
in scale.
RAYNOR
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
AF/S FOR H.SERVIN-BAEZ
SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR C. COURVILLE
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/2015
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
SUBJECT: LATEST CLEAN UP OPERATION TARGETS MBARE MARKET
REF: A. REF A: HARARE 721
B. REF B: HARARE 583
Classified By: Charge d,affaires Michael Raynor under Section 1.4 b/d
1. (SBU) Officials from the International Organization for
Migration (IOM) on July 21 reported to post that police on
July 14 and 15 demolished the Magaba informal marketplace in
Harare's high-density suburb of Mbare. Magaba venders told
an Embassy local staff member on July 24 that police on
horseback descended on the marketplace and ordered them to
destroy their impromptu stalls. IOM initially estimated that
some 90 traders had been displaced, but Combined Harare
Residents Association (CHRA) spokesmen Precious Shumba told
poloff on July 25 that about 200 had been affected.
2. (SBU) The informal traders told our local staff member
that, after last year's clean-up operations, the Harare City
Council had promised stalls and workshops at the nearby
Siya-So marketplace. Siya-So quickly became overcrowded,
prompting many traders to return to Magaba. CHRA officials
told us the City Council only became aware of the reemergence
of Magaba ) which is hidden from the street by a block of
stores - after the owner of the property applied for a dog
breeding license and the council came out to investigate.
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Comment
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3. (C) More than a year after the destruction of homes and
businesses of an estimated 700,000 people, the reverberations
of Operation Restore Order/Murambatsvina continue. The
destruction of Magaba market is only the latest small-scale
GOZ effort to clean the city of "undesirables" (Ref A and B).
While at this point the displacement at Magaba appears
limited and no other informal markets have been targeted, we
cannot rule out the possibility that these events will grow
in scale.
RAYNOR