COPPERBELT Province Permanent Secretary Lawrence Mwanza has warned that street vending will not be tolerated across the province. The Ndola City Council and the Luanshya Municipal Council have given traders up to Sunday, October 18, as deadline to leave the streets and relocate into designated markets. In an interview, Mwanza said government would work with local authorities to provide designated trading spaces, while enforcing the law against illegal trading on public roads. “There is no law in this country that allows any person to wake up and start selling on the road. That’s the public road and should be utilised the way it was meant for. It is now the responsibility of government through local authority to create more trading...

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