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The City of Johannesburg’s Informal Trading Policy will be tabled at the ordinary sitting of council on 26 April 2022 after the Economic Development Section 79 Oversight Committee officially adopted it on 8 April 2022. 

This is a momentous feat as it brings the City closer to finalising the policy.

The Member of the Mayoral Committee for Economic Development in the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Nkuli Mbundu, says: “We are pleased that the Informal Trade Policy is finally enroute to Council. 

“When we took over leadership of the City, one of the priorities for the office was to ensure the policy passes through council as urgently as due process allows. With the approval of Section 79, we are now firmly on course to providing the necessary stability for the informal trade sector to thrive.”

Economic Development is in the process of developing a comprehensive informal trade permit system. The department has started the process of reviewing the City’s by-laws to ensure there is alignment with the incoming policy.

A multi-stakeholder committee has also been established and tasked with looking into how the traders permit system is to integrate with various systems such as the Department of Home Affairs, South African Revenue Service, the Department of Labour and the South African Police Service.

In addition, with the lifting of the National State of Disaster, the special Covid-19 permits issued by the department to informal traders will effectively expire 30 days after the upliftment on 5 May 2022. In the absence of the new digital permits system, an extension of three months will be granted to traders for continued operation.

Issued by City of Johannesburg