The City of Cape Town is drafting more inclusive regulations for street musicians after repealing its 1993 policy on buskers.
|||Cape Town - The City of Cape Town has taken the first step towards drafting more inclusive regulations for busking by repealing its outdated 1993 policy regarding street musicians.
This means that informal artists, such as blind busker Lunga Goodman Nono, will soon be able to earn a living within a regulated environment. New provisions dealing explicitly with busking will be included in the amended informal trading bylaw.
The urgent consideration of the city’s policies and bylaws that deal with street artists comes after Nono was manhandled by law enforcement officers for allegedly ignoring council regulations.
Cape Argus
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