Year: 2021

Yesterday Thursday the 9th of December 2021, Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) joined the rest of the world in marking International Anti-Corruption Day which was running under the theme “Your Right, your Role: Say no to Corruption”. This day has been celebrated annually since 2003 when the…

The Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube presented the 2022 national budget on the 25th of November 2021. The budget, which was fashioned as being pro poor is nothing close to that but rather shows the government’s commitment to neoliberal policies. The budget clearly indicates increases in…

Today is World Aids Day and Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) joins the world in commemorating this day under the theme “End Inequalities: End AIDS”. According to the 2014 Zimstat Labour Force and Child Labour Survey Report 94.5 % of 6.3 million people defined as working are…

….as The Informal Economy Embrace the Front Seat In The Fight Against Gender-Based Violence Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) joins the progressive world in commemorating 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence running from 25 November to 10 December 2021 under the theme “Orange the World: End…

Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) held a belated International Street Vendors Day celebrations in Mkoba Gweru. The celebrations come on the backdrop of COVID-19 challenges, inadequate financial support and a tough economic environment for the nation at large and vendors in particular. The event saw 100 delegates…

Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) was at Kamudyariwa Primary School, Ward 11 Goromonzi District for an Accountability Lab Community Consultative meeting. The meeting saw women and youth informal traders, villagers and traditional leadership in attendance. Edward Kapodogo outlined the objective of the meeting, which was to accord…

Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) helps the launch of the Support People’s Budget Campaign in Harare today. The campaign is in partnership with the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) and is part of the two organisation’s efforts to strengthen citizen agency amoung women and youth…

Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) was in Bulawayo on Thursday the 4th of November for the latest edition of the Informal Sector Voter Education Campaign dubbed “Enhanced Informal Sector Voter Mobilisation and Advocacy Initiative” (EISeVOMA). The objective of the initiative is to enhance the participation of young…

Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) was in Masvingo for the latest edition of its informal sector voter education campaign dubbed the Enhanced Informal Sector Voter Mobilisation and Advocacy Initiative (EISeVOMA). The EISeVOMA seeks to enhance informed young informal traders and informal traders with disabilities’ participation in the…

Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET) held a workshop in Chinhoyi for women under its Informal Economy Women’s Hub (INEWOH). The Hub, which was launched in August of this year, has a programmatic thrust that is anchored on enhancing the entrepreneurial skills of women in the informal economy,…