Gov’t denies driving vendors off the streets

Responding to a question in Parliament recently, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse revealed that during March and April, the GCC launched a campaign that only targeted the removal of abandoned and dilapidated structures that had become an eyesore and were hiding spots for criminal activities.

He also emphasised that the City Council is not planning to remove structures set up by vendors, but rather encourage them to facelift their business space to make it attractive to customers.