For Stabroek wharf vendors, a choice between lives and livelihoods

Part of the collapsed roofing

By Rae Wiltshire

 

Although the remaining roofing of the Stabroek Market wharf looks like it could fall at any time, vendors are refusing to move, with most of them saying they cannot afford to risk losing their livelihoods.

“When it is time to stand up, nobody is there,” a vendor, who asked not to be named, said. The woman, who has been selling for 14 years,