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TimesLIVE reports that hundreds of informal traders will now be able to ply their trade on the streets of Johannesburg during the Covid-19 lockdown.
This is because the City of Johannesburg's economic development department has begun the process of rolling out permits to informal traders. On Monday, 766 permits were issued — with the final number dependent on how many traders registered with the municipality make applications. The issuing of the permits comes after informal traders were last week deemed “essential” under the Disaster Management Act. The City said about 1,600 permits would be issued. Traders would have to produce their City of Johannesburg certificate of acceptance, proof of trading and a valid ID/passport as documentation to be allowed to trade. Meanwhile in Cape Town, urban management MMC Grant Twigg called on food traders to contact their nearest municipal office to apply for permits to operate.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sisanda Mbolekwa at TimesLIVE
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