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FCC moves to evict market vendors

Street vendors stalls at Francistown bus rank FILE PIC
Street vendors stalls at Francistown bus rank FILE PIC

FRANCISTOWN: The Francistown City Council (FCC) has resolved to approach the courts in order to evict central market vendors, as plans to develop hit a snag.

When briefing the FCC last week, Francistown Mayor Godisang Radisigo said that the council has since approached the court in a bid to force the market occupants to vacate the stalls to pave way for proposed developments by Amasa Civils, a company that has leased the market plot.

Radisigo stated that the council gave the market occupants final eviction letters through their association on February 4 instructing them to vacate their market stalls by February 28.

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