Informal traders harangue city clerk over destroyed goods
Friday, January 17, 2014

Yesterday, the city clerk Leboile Israel left the meeting unceremoniously after attempts to calm down the street vendors and hawkers failed.In the midst of the chaos, Israel advised the traders, in a rather stringent tone, to take their complaints further to the District Commissioner.The vendors and hawkers would however hear none of it as they continued accusing him of being behind the raid at the bus rank and central business district (CBD) during the festive season.
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