Bulawayo City Council Permanently Closes Several Informal Markets
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has permanently shut down some informal markets in the Central Business Centre (CBD) including Khothama Market, popular for selling second-hand clothes.
The markets will not be reopened even when the lockdown period is lifted as part of the local authority’s attempt to deal with the novel coronavirus.
In a notice, Town Clerk Christopher Dube said the council has cancelled a previous declaration which identified certain portions in the CBD as temporary facilities to accommodate informal traders.
The streets that were used as markets were now open to traffic and pedestrians. Said, Dube:
The said portions of roads shall be open to normal vehicular and pedestrian traffic with effect from midnight Sunday 3 May.
This action is in the national interest and is in line with actions taken by Government to deal with the threat of the COVID- 19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
According to a Sunday News report, the areas that will now be opened for vehicular movement include:
8th Avenue between Josiah Tongogara Street and Robert Mugabe Way, a portion of 5th Avenue between Robert Mugabe Way and George Silundika Street, a portion of 5th Avenue between George Silundika Street and Fife Street, a portion of 5th Avenue between Fort Street and Herbert Chitepo Street and a portion of 5th Avenue between Herbert Chitepo Street and Lobengula Street.
