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ID188940
Title ProperDemolitions of Informal Business Structures in Harare, Zimbabwe Under the Guise of COVID-19 City Clean Up
LanguageENG
AuthorMwonzora, Gift
Summary / Abstract (Note)Recent research on the informal sector has devoted considerable attention in examining how informal traders have been affected by the coronavirus in different temporal and spatial settings. However, less well understood is the extent to which central and local governments can cunningly use the veil of COVID-19 pandemic to regulate and re-shape the informal sector. Seeking to remedy this shortcoming in the prevailing accounts and utilising a qualitative research methodology including observations, discourse analysis, critical review of policy pronouncements, by-laws, legislation, video evidence from city officials, government, health authorities, vendors associations, newspapers articles and through a case study analysis of Harare City in Zimbabwe. The article contributes to the academic and policy discussions on how law, disease outbreak, policy and governmentality of African urban spaces intersect.
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Asian and African Studies Vol. 57, No.7; Nov 2022: p.1446-1460
Journal SourceJournal of Asian and African Studies 2022-09 57, 7
Key WordsZimbabwe ;  Local Government ;  Vendors ;  ZANU-PF ;  Informality ;  Cities ;  COVID-19 ;  Demolitions ;  Harare City Council ;  Clean-up