Informal Traders March to the Gauteng Premier
Informal Traders March to the Gauteng Premier
The South African Informal Traders’ Forum (SAITF) to took to the streets to hand over a memorandum of demands to the Gauteng Premier, Nomvula Mokonyane.
SAITF spokesperson, Augustine Mqaba, that the country is celebrating 15 years of being a democracy and has made huge gains in addressing inequalities created by apartheid, but the informal sector had been one of the most unfortunate in terms of mismanagement, harassment and unfair treatment by those institutions having to do with the sector.
Mqaba points out that, “We are aware that the government has been and still is pumping large sums of money to assist or develop ordinary people who are trying to make a living but those in charge of the task, including the so-called experts, have benefited tremendously while the actual beneficiaries are left bitter and poorer.”
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Biases, inequality and
Biases, inequality and injustice are just of the factors that will hinder toward economic progress. When we want to achieve something there must be unity to stand by to what we believe. Progress lies on our hard we just have to show to the government that we are eager to pursue for what we think could be the best interest in the community. Anyway, did you now that payday loans lenders operate without the huge business structure of banks, they don't perform credit checks, and many of them will use whatever income you can claim – even people on unemployment can get a loan. Technically, to some extent they would have to, as per Federal law. You have to wonder about how second tier lenders were able to grow as an industry, especially given the rampant and quite frankly disgusting favoritism that mainstream finance is given by the government – but isn't as if payday loans lenders went looking for short term loans from Congress to pay their CEOs, is it?