As a caring City, our main drive is to save lives and livelihoods during this pandemic. Informal traders are advised that their lockdown trading permits obtained under Level 4 and 5 are still valid for Level 3. Furthermore, the City of Cape Town is encouraging informal traders who have not yet registered with our e-Services Portal/ Database to please consider doing so to ensure they are able to continue earning a living within the confines of the law, once the national lockdown is lifted.
The City of Cape Town’s Urban Management Directorate acknowledges the challenges placed on informal traders by the national regulations, and the sacrifices that informal traders have made during the lockdown to ensure compliance with these national regulations.
The national regulations relating to trading during level 4 and 5 caused much confusion, and we are relieved that much of the confusion has now been cleared up, allowing for a smoother permit issuing process.
The City assures informal traders who obtained their lockdown trading permits under Level 4 and 5, that these are still valid and they can continue to trade under Level 3.
During the COVID-19 level 4 and 5 restrictions, the City issued over 9 000 permits to informal traders in line with national regulations to ensure they were able to legally trade during the lockdown. Not all of these traders are on the City of Cape Town’s e-Services Portal / Database, as this was not a requirement to obtain a lockdown permit. We would therefore like to extend an invitation to informal traders to consider registering with our e-Services Portal /Database during the lockdown, so they can access opportunities to continue trading legally after the national lockdown has been lifted.
The City's Urban Management Directorate encourages all these traders to register in order for them to continue trading and earning a living to feed and support their families and our broader communities, after the lockdown has been lifted.
The City would like to thank informal traders who are already registered on our e-Services Portal / Database. They do not have to re-register.
The City will continue to make every effort to support the informal trading sector.
The City of Cape Town Area Economic Development offices are open on weekdays from 09:00 to 15:00. Informal traders can call the City’s Urban Management Directorate call centre for more information on 021 400 3131 and select option 6.
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Issued by: Media Office, City of Cape Town
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