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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Police with dogs were deployed at some shops on Friday morning to control long queues as hordes of shoppers thronged retail outlets across the country taking advantage of Black Friday.<\/p>\n

In Bulawayo, long queues were witnessed at Edgars, with police and security companies having a torrid time controlling the long queues.<\/p>\n

Police were generally trying to enforce social distancing in the queues and encouraging those who were not wearing masks to do so as the country battles resurgent coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n

However, where there was disorder, police dogs had to be used to maintain order.<\/p>\n

In Gweru, shoppers thronged stores such as Edgars and Jet as early as 5 AM, with COVID-19 protocols thrown out of the window.<\/p>\n

While shops opened as early as 6 am in Victoria Falls, the queues were however not the usual long-winding ones that characterised the same shops in previous years.<\/p>\n

Some shops reportedly reduced prices by about 50 per cent and people were buying mostly clothes and kitchen utensils.<\/p>\n

See pictures below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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