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‘Hawkergate’ 16 August 2013
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The hawker fraternity in Tzaneen boasts with a new member in their midst. He (or she) sells hawker licences at R250 a piece and supplies an official municipal document with it. This was revealed by DA councillor René Pohl, based on information gathered by a member of her ward committee during investigations into the hawker issue. According to Pohl only 42 licences were issued at R40 per month to legal street hawkers recently, but suddenly all hawkers have proof from the municipality. She suspects a stack of documents and an official stamp ended up in the wrong hands. This “entrepreneur” must have scored considerably in the process. She said the new controlled entrance to the municipal offices was installed after a burglary some months ago. After the breakin all municipal officials and ward councilors were called in to have their fingerprints taken. She suspects that the documents involved in the Hawkergate matter could have been part of the spoils in the burglary.
In the meantime, the DA continues its hawker investigation and is taking the matter to the next Council meeting. “We realize that the majority of Tzaneen’s street hawkers have no other means of income, but illegal trading cannot be tolerated.” A spokesperson for the GTM, Mr Neville Ndlala, said they are not aware of illegal hawkers. “Frequent visits are done to the allocated trading spots and hawkers without licences are fined. Goods are confiscated in the case of illegal hawkers occupying sections not allocated for street vending. “All legal hawkers have municipal accounts for the payment of licence fees. Several hawkers operate on private premises such as taxi ranks and are not complicit to municipal trade licences,” Ndlala said. “A new by-law on hawkers is being compiled and will help to control the hawker industry in Tzaneen in the future.” — Louis Roux louis@bulletin.us.com
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