MANY a time we get on public transport as the sun rises, we get to meet different types of people with different characters on those buses. One such type of people is our mothers who we often call marketeers. Have you ever wondered how these people manage their daily lives from sunrise to sunset and yet still make sure there is food on the table despite their hand to mouth businesses? Well, there’s more to the life of a marketeer than what meets the eye. Journey with me as Petridah Hataana, a maketeer trading at Chelstone’s Kamanga market, narrates what the life of a trader is really like. Hataana begins by narrating how her day as a marketeer starts. “Ise...

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