The
chaos
came
as
job
seekers
rushed
to
register
for
potential
vacancies,
but
no
serious
injuries
were
reported.
The
crush
of
people
illustrated
the
growing
distress
over
the
lack
of
formal
jobs
in
the
southern
African
nation
of
15
million
people,
which
has
been
hit
by
long-running
economic
problems.
Hundreds
turned
up
for
the
fair
in
the
capital,
Harare,
holding
envelopes
with
their
resumes
and
college
certificates.
They
were
hoping
to
be
registered
on
a
database
of
job
seekers.
People
stomped
on
each
other
in
the
rush
to
access
a
large
hall
where
the
registration
was
taking
place.
Security
guards
used
batons
to
restore
order,
but
people
still
surged
forward.
Last
month,
31
people
died
in
a
crush
at a
military
recruitment
event at
a
stadium
in
the
Republic
of
Congo
as
large
crowds
of
young
people
gathered
to
register
to
join
the
army,
one
of
the
few
institutions
in
that
country
still
offering
employment.