Document SRC-5024

Finding a new, more suitable venue for the Dorp Street Sunday Market

Stellenbosch Municipality · 29 October 2024 · official statement

Original address: https://stellenbosch.gov.za/2024/10/29/finding-a-new-more-suitable-venue-for-the-dorp-street-sunday-market/
Retrieved: 29 October 2026
Archived copy: Archived copy (Google Drive) ↗
Why it matters: Municipal reasons for refusal; 'never any approvals granted and taken away'.

Original document

Cited pinpoints: Stellenbosch Municipality, "Finding a new, more suitable venue for the Dorp Street Sunday Market", 29 Oct 2024, paras 2-7

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VerifiedEditor-approved The municipality said in a statement on 29 October 2024 that the application to continue on Dorp Street was not approved because the area "is not designated for informal trading or market activities", citing pedestrian safety, access for elderly/disabled people, liability, property-owner objections, and that access to municipal property had not been through an open/competitive process. Organiser Leani Breedt told Cape Argus (1 Nov 2024) that they were appealing, that they had "followed all the procedures they asked about", that no notice had been given before the market was shut down in June, and that the municipality could not provide concrete evidence of the complaints. (Stellenbosch Municipality, "Finding a new, more suitable venue for the Dorp Street Sunday Market", 29 Oct 2024, paras 2-7)