MINISTRY of Information Media Director and Spokesperson Thabo Kawana says street vendors are failing to occupy empty trading spaces in markets. But some vendors have disputed his claim, saying there are no empty spaces in markets which has forced them to trade on the streets. Responding to PF Information and Publicity Secretary Raphael Nakacinda who argued that the reversal of the decision by government on removing street vendors showed that government was being micro-managed, Kawana said the issue of street vending had to do with the attitudes of both vendors and buyers because there are markets with empty trading spaces. “I think what is important is for people to know the information in full as it were. Even before the...

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