In February 2025, the police suddenly started impounding e-tricycles in Hauna and Chipinge, despite having previously allowed the women to operate freely. They demanded registration and driving licences, which cripples women’s businesses.

  • Tja@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    Yeah, I don’t know if requiring license and registration is really a “crackdown”. Probably better to create a class of vehicles that doesn’t require the $500 fee, like light motorcycles or something similar, if it doesn’t exist yet.

    • frongt@lemmy.zip
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      2 days ago

      The enforcement is new, hence “crackdown”. They could just stop enforcing it for them until the law changes, but they aren’t, they’re enforcing is even harder.