Deputy Speaker, in view of the current challenges, how will the department ensure that the municipal police are bound by the said policy, to ensure compliance with the bylaws?
The MINISTER OF CO-OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND TRADITIONAL
AFFAIRS: I think this is a matter of communication. It is also a matter of ensuring that we interact with all the municipalities to ensure that their bylaws are in keeping with the spirit that we have just expressed. We must also ensure that, when the different municipalities deal with the area of local economic development, the informal business sector is a bigger part thereof that always needs to be supported.
Therefore, we will always discourage the police from brutalising the informal traders. It is important to just guide them in terms of where they should trade, how they should get their permits and then oversee that process. There is no need for them to be very harsh to this particular sector.