{"id":7815,"date":"2021-12-29T09:18:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T09:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/vendors-sue-government-over-lockdown-restrictions"},"modified":"2021-12-29T09:39:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T09:39:56","slug":"vendors-sue-government-over-lockdown-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/vendors-sue-government-over-lockdown-restrictions","title":{"rendered":"Vendors sue government over lockdown restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Street Vendors have lodged an urgent motion in the High Court seeking government\u2019s financial assistance against the lockdown imposed regulations which bar them<\/p>\n

from selling. Through their court papers they pray the court order that the lockdown regulations which are currently in place \u201cbe reviewed and set aside as irrational\u201d.<\/p>\n

The petitioners seek the relief to \u201coperate with immediate effect as an interim interdict\u201d. The Prime Minister (PM) had last week Tuesday issued a directive that the country will be under a two weeks lockdown effective from<\/p>\n

Thursday 14 until announcement is made or later on January 27. These developments are hoped to counter the spike on Covid-19 infections. Under the lockdown, movements are strictly monitored and only businesses and offices<\/p>\n

rendering essential services are allowed to operate while others remain prohibited until the lifting of the regulations. Coming down hard on the government\u2019s conduct and its role during the pandemic, one affidavit<\/p>\n

reads; \u201cthe government has failed to combat covid-19 pandemic and no one is held to account and the government poor decision is made to affect myself and<\/p>\n

other street vendors. It is a fact known to me that no street vendor where I operate ever succumbed to covid-19 and I never heard of my known customers to<\/p>\n

have suffered the same. This is because street vendors observe covid-19 protocols as mandated by World Health Organisation. \u201d The other applicant charges, \u201cI and my co-applicants are mostly living from hand to mouth<\/p>\n

and the decision to ban our trade is detrimental under the circumstances. I aver that we have no option but out of necessity to defy the announced lockdown to go and sell so that they can put<\/p>\n

food on the table for our dependants. \u201cWe are fearful that the police and soldiers will be deployed to brutalise them as they did previously without anyone held to account.<\/p>\n

Other vendors\u2019 items in the form of eggs, vegetables, fruits were taken by the police. They are left helpless and the government will do nothing to ameliorate their plight.<\/p>\n

\u201d Street vendors said they feel hard done by being made to close while people working in other sectors<\/p>\n

and civil servants will be paid their salaries month end despite not going to work while they will be left to fend off for themselves. They pray to court that, if it does not \u201cintervene on urgent basis \u2013 [they] or their<\/p>\n

dependants may die of hunger as opposed to covid-19\u201d. Through their application, they argue that they stand to suffer an \u201cirreparable harm\u201d if the status quo remains unchanged.<\/p>\n

The applicants fear that the lockdown measures exposes them at the risk of losing their businesses and that they may be unable to resume operations when conditions get back to normalcy.<\/p>\n

\u201cStreet vendors will starve to death with their dependants while politicians continue to benefit from public purse<\/p>\n

despite their incompetence to combat spread of Covid-19,\u201d reads their court paper. They also fear that they may be unable to pay the school fees for their<\/p>\n

children. The applicants are: Mareni \u2018Mabathoana, Paul Pakisi, Lesole Ramole , Kotsi Koali and Teboho May. These petitioners sell a range of products from food, fruits, vegetables, cosmetics and clothes.<\/p>\n

The respondents are: Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Commissioner of Police, Commander of Lesotho Defence Force, Ministry of Small Business Development, Cooperatives and Marketing and Attorney General being<\/p>\n

first to sixth respondents respectively. The applicants also want the court to order the fifth respondents to furnish the court with the list of those who have received the<\/p>\n

government\u2019s Covid-19 relief stipends and those who have not received such funds. They also want the same Ministry to be ordered to settle all outstanding Covid-19<\/p>\n

relief funds for some of their counterparts. \u201cApplicants face starvation as their livelihood is brought to an abrupt end by the government through the lockdown.<\/p>\n

However, there are no contingency plans to assist applicants notwithstanding the fact that their businesses are closed. \u201cThere are no compelling or rational grounds to have closed applicants businesses when<\/p>\n

in fact the other businesses, big retails, offering same goods are allowed to operate. This is to give big retailers a monopoly over street vendors. This act<\/p>\n

is not only ungodly but has no rational basis deprive a street vendor to sell fruits and vegetables when another business entity is allowed to do the same,\u201d<\/p>\n

reads their court paper in pertinent part. The applicants told the court that they were not consulted when the lockdown regulations were made a move which they expressed as \u201cunfair\u201d to them adding<\/p>\n

that big retailers will not suffer the plight of having to close during this time. One petitioner said in the court papers, \u201cstreet vendors are better positioned as<\/p>\n

opposed to big retailers on account of the fact that the individuals sell limited items and as such the chances of super spread of covid-19 is highly limited.<\/p>\n

The big retailers attract large numbers of people on account of the several items they sell. \u201d Last year in April, under the then Prime Minister Dr. Motsoahae Thabane led administration, he had<\/p>\n

tabled the government contingency plans which were envisaged to address the challenges which have been brought by the lockdown. The relief measures saw Small Micro-Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) having one month rent<\/p>\n

holiday extended to them and the government through Lesotho National Development Corporation (LNDC) and Ministry of Small Business were to avail the tune of M450 million for named COVID-19 Private Sector Relief Fund.<\/p>\n

The government had then promised to give street vendors M500.00 for a three month period as a relief fund to cushion them against the financial constraints necessitated by<\/p>\n

the lockdown. However, some were able to receive such stipends while others did not. Later in August, the vendors took their frustrations to streets blocking<\/p>\n

and trashing garbage bins in the Maseru Business Central District (CBD) over the government\u2019s \u201cdelay\u201d in disbursing such funds. The incident which resulted<\/p>\n

in some being arrested as the Police said they did not have a permit to protest. In an interview with Informative Newspaper, the Principal Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Small Businesses Development, Cooperatives<\/p>\n

and Marketing, Hon. Tankiso Phapano said he is yet to engage the Minister on way forward concerning the applicants\u2019 grievances. Asked if there was a contingency plan in place to assist the<\/p>\n

street vendors during the lockdown, he said there is none. At the time of going to the print yesterday, the case had not been allocated the Judge. It is also not clear who will be representing the government<\/p>\n

as it has not been decided by then, however the government had enlisted the services of the private counsel, this paper has learned. This publication also learned from the sources privy to the case that the government is going to file the notice of intention to oppose. The applicants are represented by Advocate Napo Mafaesa.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Street Vendors have lodged an urgent motion in the High Court seeking government\u2019s financial assistance against the lockdown imposed regulations which bar them from selling. Through their court papers they pray the court order that the lockdown regulations which are currently in place \u201cbe reviewed and set aside as irrational\u201d. 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