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Activist hopes CT mayor will halt eviction of informal traders from Salt River Market

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The traders are being threatened with eviction from the historic site, as the city moves ahead with plans to construct a new public square on the property.

CAPE TOWN - An activist is hoping Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis will intervene to halt the eviction of a small group of informal traders from the Salt River Market.

Activist and attorney, Igshaan Higgins, acting on behalf of the traders, said that he had written to both the mayor and the Western Cape premier to intervene. Higgins said that homelessness was of national concern and was not just a legal issue, but also a social one.

 

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