Walvis Bay vendors face eviction from CBD
Informal traders operating in the Walvis Bay central business district (CBD) face imminent removal after the municipality issued a directive ordering them to vacate their trading spots by yesterday. The traders, many of whom say they paid municioal fees just last year to operate from their current locations, claim they have been left in the […] The post Walvis Bay vendors face eviction from CBD appeared first on The Namibian .
Informal traders operating in the Walvis Bay central business district (CBD) face imminent removal after the municipality issued a directive ordering them to vacate their trading spots by yesterday.
The traders, many of whom say they paid municioal fees just last year to operate from their current locations, claim they have been left in the dark about where they should operate from.
Lukas Lukas says he has been trading in the town centre between Bank Windhoek and Woerman Brock, at the intersection of Hage Geingob Road and Gertrude Rikumba Kandanga Hilukilwa Road, for more than six years.
“We are confused because last year the municipality made us pay for these places where we are selling.
