The Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has held a consultative meeting on the National and strategy implementation plan so as to formalise the informal sector.
The meeting that was held in Harare today was directed towards the discussion of implementing plans to formalize the informal sector that included vendors and cross boaders which have been in the past labeled as illegal business and exempted from formal arrangements of economic activities.
Addressing journalists at the sidelines of the meeting, Chairperson of National Vendors Union Mr Sten Zvorwadza said the informal sector needs direct partnership with the government so that they won’t be left out.
“Informal workers are being politicized being told that the government of Zimbabwe is your enemy, that is a wrong perception.
“All people are working with the government of Zimbabwe, if you look at MPs from across political divide they are all working with the government so informal economy workers must also adopt the same notion,” said Zvorwadza.
Mr Zvorwadza said, partnering with the government will enhance the formalization process, fulfill the transition and create employment in Zimbabwe.
Meanwhile, Acting Director of Employment Services in the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Mr Shushine Tarupiwa said they have had meetings in all provinces gathering contributions from all formal traders so as to formulate a policy that will benefit the informal economy and Harare was the last to engage in the consultative meeting.
“To date we have covered all the provinces and we are now doing the last session in Harare,”Mr Tarupiwa said.
He said the aim is to have a strategy that will enable the transition from informal sector to formal and work with guided policies to regulate the business.
