FMF NEWSLETTER 28 July 2021

FMF FEATURE ARTICLE
Gauteng informal traders feel the aftermath

of July unrest – Masego Mafata

“The looting has really hurt us,” says David Mashitatona, a trader in Alexandra, Johannesburg. He has been an informal trader since 1988. He currently has a stall on the pavement outside the looted Pan Africa Mall.

The unrest in July brought trade to a standstill and things have still not recovered more than a week later.

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All people have a right to life and the right to conduct it as they see fit, provided they do not impinge upon the similar rights of others.

Amongst the most fundamental rights of all persons is the right to own and control property and the produce of their own efforts and to dispose of it as they see fit.

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The only economic system consistent with the above fundamental rights is a market economy.

FMF IN THE MEDIA
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SUBMISSION
- Submission to the Johannesburg City Council on the FINAL DRAFT INFORMAL TRADING POLICY (February 2020) by the FMF and various SMME associations