The regulators know all this. Circulars get issued. Licenses get revoked. Blitzes get announced with the appropriate stern language about the full force of the law. Doc is back at the corner the following week, because enforcement without alternative is just a temporary interruption of an economic necessity, the same way the illegal bus terminus behind him reopens within hours of every council crackdown.

The City of Harare has confirmed a scabies outbreak in Hopley and Stoneridge, with children under 12 accounting for most reported cases as health officials intensify containment efforts.