Cape Town's elderly targeted for selling baked goods, rental by-law claims

Can have 9 bakeries here, added bonus of no sewer drains so you can throw old oil out the window instead if you don't want to make biodiesel:
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A friend of my husband's son work a lot in Ekurhuleni townships. He says the informal economy is amazing. He had a birthday cake baked for his daughter at a home bakery - it was not only stunning but tasted great and cost 3/4 of what it would cost him elsewhere. He now goes out of his way to buy rusks there as they are better than the rusks sold in the little shop in their local shopping centre.
 
saturnz said:
as stated in this thread, there are drug houses on streets that are "complained" about and nothing happens

this is Hanover Park, where drug houses are quite common, but the government sits around doing very little about that

common sense suggests people in Hanover Park would more than likely complain about drugs and gangsters than about old people baking cookies
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Go complain about drug houses and you might end up fatally perforated, I doubt bakers would do that.
 
Tantus said:
A friend of my husband's son work a lot in Ekurhuleni townships. He says the informal economy is amazing. He had a birthday cake baked for his daughter at a home bakery - it was not only stunning but tasted great and cost 3/4 of what it would cost him elsewhere. He now goes out of his way to buy rusks there as they are better than the rusks sold in the little shop in their local shopping centre.
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Isn't your husband's son also your son?
 
OutlawJoseyWales said:
Ok, but how about going after the drug dealers first, who everyone in Cape Town knows where they are located, except it seems the police.
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Drug dealers pay much higher protection money than bakers. It works like taxes, sort of. I'm happy to answer any others questions about basic economics...
 
saturnz said:
as stated in this thread, there are drug houses on streets that are "complained" about and nothing happens

this is Hanover Park, where drug houses are quite common, but the government sits around doing very little about that

common sense suggests people in Hanover Park would more than likely complain about drugs and gangsters than about old people baking cookies
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And one valid coplaint should be enough as asked for..
 
vastrap1 said:
And one valid coplaint should be enough as asked for..
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yeah but my point is this that the government says this

The City received complaints from the community in Hanover Park about homeowners who are operating small businesses from their homes.
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but the residents of Hanover Park say this as per the article

Residents in Hanover Park say elderly pensioners and struggling families are being threatened with massive fines and possible jail time as the City of Cape Town intensifies enforcement of zoning and by-laws against informal home businesses.
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can both be true at the same time?
 
R13... said:
Neither would the ANC. Only the DA love doing these though it is unfortunately a bylaw that bears enforcement. They did the same when they ran EKH for a short while. A lot of people running unregistered businesses from home found out quick enough
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The ANC are doing this in EKH
My neighbor has a letter of consent. New ANC cadre appointed to the position then approached him and said there was nothing on the system. R5000/day in fines
 
saturnz said:
yeah but my point is this that the government says this




but the residents of Hanover Park say this as per the article



can both be true at the same time?
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Yes.

Karens exist in all communities. I would say it is easily possible someone there had a personal problem with someone running a home business or their family and called the COCT in.

It happened in our complex where an owner reported their neighbour to the COCT for a building code violation because said owner didn't like the place where their neighbour hung their laundry.
 
I can think of a few other departments that could get involved and enforce other by laws
 
I can think of other departments that could be getting involved and enforcing other bylaws
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dontcryforme said:
False. AirBnB going strong in CT.
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Airbnb is fully legal in Cape Town under the city's 2019 Municipal Planning By-Law, which allows short-term rentals of properties for stays not exceeding 30 consecutive days. However, ongoing adjustments are tightening regulation to align Airbnb operations with formal accommodation businesses, including hotels and guesthouses
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