EMPD clamps down on illegal hawkers in Kempton Park and Boksburg
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) issued 26 by-law notices worth R11 500 and confiscated goods during an operation targeting illegal traders in the Kempton Park and Boksburg CBDs.
Between October 29 and 30, the EMPD By-law and Compliance Unit conducted operations targeting illegal hawkers in the Kempton Park and Boksburg CBDs.
According to City spokesperson Zweli Dlamini, the operation followed several complaints from motorists about hawkers trading illegally along specific roads, posing a danger to both road users and the traders themselves.
Targeted areas included Pretoria Road, Essex Street and Witfontein in Kempton Park, as well as Porcelain Road in Clayville, Brewery Street in Isando, and Denne Road in Boksburg.
During the operation, officers confiscated various goods, including cooking utensils, pots, gas stoves being used near electrical power sources, buckets of food, bowls and packets of chips.
A total of 26 by-law notices to the value of R11 500 were issued to hawkers found trading without permits.
Dlamini said follow-ups would be conducted at the identified areas to ensure continued compliance and that all informal traders within the City of Ekurhuleni operate in accordance with municipal by-laws.
