Cheers as street photographers resurface

Photographers operating along Blue Jacket Street in Francistown PIC: HEROLD MBISE
Photographers operating along Blue Jacket Street in Francistown PIC: HEROLD MBISE

FRANCISTOWN: Public backlash appears to have forced the Francistown City Council (FCC) to make a quick U-turn over plans to stop to photographers who operate in the informal sector within the city’s Central Business District (CBD).

Tuesday this week, in a meeting with the police and the representatives of the photographers, the council said that it has since decided that the photographers should stop taking pictures because there is no licence that governs informal sector photography.

The meeting that was held at the council chambers was convened to address recent incidents where the police in the city clashed with informal sector photographers. The Photographers operating in the informal sector have become a regular feature within the city’s main CBD especially near Nswazwi mall.

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