Whoever came up with the idea to remove vendors from the streets of Soweto should be condemned. I hope it's not a cheap stunt to portray a false image of our country in 2010. All countries in the world have street vendors.
Whoever came up with the idea to remove vendors from the streets of Soweto should be condemned. I hope it's not a cheap stunt to portray a false image of our country in 2010. All countries in the world have street vendors.
People who are trying to make an honest living are punished. I guess the man I overheard saying "maybe they want us all to be criminals as well", had a point.
The municipality's action of confiscating vendors' stock and ejecting them is Draconian. Our government seems intent on making enemies with poor people. Stopping people from making a living without providing an alternative is a crime.
Some of the parents of the politicians who are making these stupid decisions were themselves informal traders once. It is apartheid all over again. If politicians want a share of vendors' profit, they should be ashamed of themselves. Vendors don't make enough to feed their families.
Richardson Mzaidume, Pimville
Targeting vendors is reliving apartheid
Whoever came up with the idea to remove vendors from the streets of Soweto should be condemned. I hope it's not a cheap stunt to portray a false image of our country in 2010. All countries in the world have street vendors.
Whoever came up with the idea to remove vendors from the streets of Soweto should be condemned. I hope it's not a cheap stunt to portray a false image of our country in 2010. All countries in the world have street vendors.
People who are trying to make an honest living are punished. I guess the man I overheard saying "maybe they want us all to be criminals as well", had a point.
The municipality's action of confiscating vendors' stock and ejecting them is Draconian. Our government seems intent on making enemies with poor people. Stopping people from making a living without providing an alternative is a crime.
Some of the parents of the politicians who are making these stupid decisions were themselves informal traders once. It is apartheid all over again. If politicians want a share of vendors' profit, they should be ashamed of themselves. Vendors don't make enough to feed their families.
Richardson Mzaidume, Pimville
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