Document SRC-5025
Stellenbosch Market fights closure order
- Retrieved
- 29 October 2026
- Archived copy
- An archived copy is held by the project
- Why it matters
- Organiser says appeal intended, ~80 vendors, no notice; municipal quotes.
Original document
Claims citing this document
- 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.