{"id":297493,"date":"2026-02-19T12:07:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/?p=297493"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:33:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:33:36","slug":"onwettige-informele-handel-bly-kopseer-in-paarl-se-sakekern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/onwettige-informele-handel-bly-kopseer-in-paarl-se-sakekern\/","title":{"rendered":"Onwettige informele handel bly kopseer in Paarl se sakekern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ongelukkigheid oor onwettige informele handelaars wat steeds in Lady Greystraat in die Paarl goedere blyk te verkoop, heers onder ander wettige handelaars wat die munisipale verordeninge handhaaf deur nie sake sonder die geldige permitte te doen nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens een van die handelaars wat namens &#8216;n groep praat, is hulle ongelukkig oor die feit dat hulle die wettige prosedures handhaaf deur goedere op die toegekende spasies met permitte te verkoop, terwyl ander die verordenige verontagsaam.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die handelaar vertel dat onwettige handelaars gereeld deur Drakenstein-munisipaliteit (DM) se wetstoepassers verwyder word, maar hulle keer onmiddelik terug. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Seraj Johaar, die DM se direkteur van korporatiewe en beplanningsdienste, het die DM verskeie gebiede in die Paarl en elders in Drakenstein ge\u00efdentifiseer wat moontlik vir informele handel geoormerk kan word.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die toekenning van di\u00e9 gebiede is onderhewig aan &#8216;n openbare deelnameproses wat tans aan die gang is, s\u00ea Johaar, en voeg by dat die DM onder meer 12 ruimtes in Lady Greystraat ge\u00efdentifiseer het wat moontlik vir informele handelaars beskikbaar gestel sal word.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Intussen doen die munisipaliteit se wetstoepassingsbeamptes daagliks voetpatrollies in die Paarl se sentrale sakekern om oortreders van munisipale verordeninge te vervolg ingevolge die prosedures soos in die Verordening op Informele Handel uiteengesit. Die wetstoepassers gee die informele handelaars wat nie oor die nodige permitte beskik nie opdrag om die gebied te verlaat. As hulle nie hieraan gehoor gee nie, word hulle beboet en die beamptes konfiskeer die betrokke handelaars se produkte.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johaar het erken dat oortreders dikwels terugkeer ondanks optrede deur wetstoepassers. &#8220;Ons [die DM] werk dus saam met die Paarl Informal Traders Association om oplossings [hiervoor] te vind. Een voorstel is om voltydse veiligheidswagte aan te stel wat by brandpunte soos Lady Greystraat ontplooi kan word. 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