Umpathintambo obona ngendaba zesigabeni seManicaland, unkosazana Mandi Chimene, uthi abaphila ngokuthengisa ezithaladeni zesigodlweni salesi sigaba i-Mutare kabasoze basuswe ngodlame lapho abasebenzela khona, kungakhathelekile ukuba umpathintambo wentuthuko yezabelo lamadolobho umnumzana Ignatius Chombo ethule isiqondiso ngeSonto esiphe laba bantu iviki yokuthi basuke nxa bengenzanga njalo bazathunyelwa amapholisa lamasotsha ukuzobakhipha.
UChimene uthi abaphila ngokuthengisa laba abanga zinkulungwane ezedlula ezimbili, abasebenzela kuleli dolobho bagcwale ezithaladeni ngenxa yokugunyulwa emsebenzini ekuvalweni kwamankampani amanengi aweMutare, agoqela i-Mutare Board and Paper Mills, i-Cairns Foods, Quest Motoring lamanye. Ngakhoke uthi laba bantu kabasoze basuswe okwamanje bengakatholelwa indawo zokuthi basebenzele khona.
Kunjalo nje isiphathamandla seyinye yenhlanganiso elwela amalungelo abaphila ngokuthengisa ezithaladeni, eye Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Association uNkosikazi Debra Mukasa uthi amalunga abo aseqoqe umthandazo emzini weMsasa eHarare, lapho ezilomthandazo ubusuku bonke lamuhla ngaphambilini kokukhulumisana leziphathamandla zikahulumende ngoLwesihlanu, njengendlela yokulungisisa loludaba.