Applications open for street trading permits
Street traders are now invited to apply for street trading permits.
POLOKWANE – The application forms for street trading permits within the Polokwane Municipality are available for collection until August 15 at the Civic Centre (corner Landdros Maré and Bodenstein streets: permit office or ED&T offices), Itsoseng Entrepreneurial Centre and all Polokwane municipal libraries.
Returned application forms should be accompanied by proof of residence and a certified copy of South African identity document.
The invitation to apply is extended to street traders who have previously applied but were unsuccessful.
Thipa Selala, spokesperson for the Polokwane Municipality, explained that in instances that applications are unsuccessful, street trading by-laws are taken into account.
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“The application becomes unsuccessful once an applicant intends to sell prohibited products or to trade in areas that are not demarcated for street trading/where trading is not allowed,” he said.
Submission of application forms must be done at the Civic Centre before or on August 15 before 15:30. For more information, contact Nare Marotola on 083 672 1147/015 290 2044 or Moipone Segooa on 083 624 1650.
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