City of Joburg ordered to verify and register informal traders within two weeks:
The City of Johannesburg has been ordered to verify, register and allocate ...
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Court Orders Joburg to Register Informal Traders PromptlyJohannesburg has two weeks to verify and allocate stands for roughly 500 informal traders displaced in October.
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- The Gauteng High Court mandated Johannesburg to verify, register, and assign trading spaces to inner-city informal traders by November 18, 2025.
- This ruling followed urgent legal action after traders were forcibly evicted from their long-standing locations, disrupting their livelihoods.
- The city has only 200 spots available for approximately 500 affected traders but anticipates some will be ineligible for registration.
- The judgment extends trading rights to traders with valid visas or asylum permits while prohibiting trade on De Villiers Street, a former trading hub.
For us, it’s simple. All we wanted was the city to do what they were supposed to do.— SAITF chair Brian Phaaloh in reaction to the judgment.
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