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Council begins demolishing tuck shops
14 Sep 2014 at 21:39hrs | Views
The Harare City Council has begun demolishing tuck shops at the Fourth Street bus terminus to bring sanity to the Central Business District.
The area, which was cordoned off this Sunday morning, had over 200 people operating from the illegal tuckshops, some of which had been erected in between sheds.
Harare City Council Deputy Director for Housing and Community Services, James Chiyangwa said they intend to turn the terminus into a proper market and holding bay as the tuckshop owners had been notified in time to vacate the premises.
"We always maintained that these businesses were operating illegally. We will put up proper structures at appropriate locations at this terminus which will double up as a holding bay," said Chiyangwa.
Meanwhile, some of the affected owners have complained that the move was disempowering the disabled as they alleged they were given the places by the previous council to look after themselves.
The Harare City Council is in the middle of a regularisation process for all vendors and traders wishing to operate from the CBD.
Last week, the council announced that it had registered over 700 vendors and collected US$33 000 from daily fees which will go towards the servicing and upgrading of places intended for markets.
The tuck shops were demolished under the Urban Councils Act 18(2) which deals with issues to do with the use and occupation of land and buildings.
The area, which was cordoned off this Sunday morning, had over 200 people operating from the illegal tuckshops, some of which had been erected in between sheds.
Harare City Council Deputy Director for Housing and Community Services, James Chiyangwa said they intend to turn the terminus into a proper market and holding bay as the tuckshop owners had been notified in time to vacate the premises.
"We always maintained that these businesses were operating illegally. We will put up proper structures at appropriate locations at this terminus which will double up as a holding bay," said Chiyangwa.
Meanwhile, some of the affected owners have complained that the move was disempowering the disabled as they alleged they were given the places by the previous council to look after themselves.
The Harare City Council is in the middle of a regularisation process for all vendors and traders wishing to operate from the CBD.
Last week, the council announced that it had registered over 700 vendors and collected US$33 000 from daily fees which will go towards the servicing and upgrading of places intended for markets.
The tuck shops were demolished under the Urban Councils Act 18(2) which deals with issues to do with the use and occupation of land and buildings.
Source - zbc
