Bakgatla leaders petition govt over SA retailers ban

They are up in arms against the government following the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry’s refusal to grant the South African retailers licences to operate in the Kgatleng P100million Pilane mall.

After a compromise was reached in the initial dispute, in which Prime Time Properties Ltd had written to request the ministry to exempt non-citizen retailers reserved business activities and allow them to expand their operations in the same line of trade, a new dispute has erupted in which the government now wants the SA retailers to buy local products.