Pauline Njanji was struck by a Gweru municipal truck

Pregnant trader pays painful price when municipal cops clash with informal sellers in Gweru.

Pauline Njanji suffers serious harm

• Pauline Njanji got dragged and run over last week.
• Eight months pregnant vendor lost skin from degloving wounds.
• A thirty-nine-year-old woman sold potatoes at the time.
• A Gweru Municipal Police vehicle struck her rear wheel.

Council shifts blame to traders

• Vimbai Chingwaramusee confirms the accident happened.
• Officials accuse vendors of blocking clearance operations.
• City urges everyone to stick to designated spots only.
• The council already paid part of the hospital costs.

Victim demands full accountability

• Pauline Njanji tried to grab back her thrown bucket.
• The officer held her arm while the truck started moving.
• She calls the dragging incident truly tragic.
• The local authority should own what went wrong.