PART of the Lusaka Central Business District was yesterday brought to a stand still when Zambia Police officers moved in to remove street vendors. By 08:00 hours, various street vendors had gathered in different parts of the CBD, expressing shock regarding what had happened to their stands, which had been dismantled and discarded. Lusaka’s Kulima Tower area was filled with armed police officers who were ready to pounce on any vendor who tried to be a nuisance. However, despite the police presence, some vendors defied orders and almost got into altercations with the officers. Their cry was loud and clear “they didn’t give us a notice that we are going to be removed today”. One of the vendors, who was...