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Durban – Rural traders who come to Durban\u2019s Victoria Market every Friday to sell their beads were evicted by the eThekwini Municipality last Friday, after they failed to pay for trade permits. <\/p>\n
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more than 500 traders who had been selling their wares there for six years were told they could no longer trade unless they had permits. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Thembi Shozi, a 67-year-old informal trader, said she did not understand the need to pay for permits. <\/p>\n
She said a six-month trade permit cost R350 and was more than many of the traders made in a month. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no money here; if someone makes R50 a day, that would be their happy day,\u201d Shozi said. <\/p>\n
The manager of the South African Informal Workers\u2019 Association, Phumzile Xulu, said the dispute between the municipality and the traders had been going on for six years. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been engaging with the business support officials from the municipality for a long time, but have never reached an agreement on a payment plan they can create specifically for us, as we trade differently from everyday vendors,\u201d Xulu said. <\/p>\n
The bead women trade at the market only on a Friday. <\/p>\n
The municipality\u2019s head of business support, Phillip Sithole, said every informal vendor trading in eThekwini was expected to have a valid permit, whether they traded daily, or once a week. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThese people do not want to follow procedure; the way they act, they don\u2019t seem to be in need of a place to work,\u201d Sithole said. <\/p>\n
Metro police spokesman Eugene Msomi confirmed that police officers had been asked to help execute the municipality\u2019s order to evict the traders and said they would be unable to trade at the market without valid permits. <\/p>\n
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