PROGRESS OR PR: Joburg’s inner-city ‘clean-up’: residents split on whether Morero’s campaign has worked
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PROGRESS OR PR Joburg’s inner-city ‘clean-up’: residents split on whether Morero’s campaign has worked Mayor Dada Morero has vowed to restore order and cleanliness to the inner city. Some residents have seen progress, while others say that’s a delusion. Informal traders were moved from the street en masse, informal structures demolished and the odd tree planted.
- ▪PROGRESS OR PR Joburg’s inner-city ‘clean-up’: residents split on whether Morero’s campaign has worked Mayor Dada Morero has vowed to restore order and cleanliness to the inner city.
- ▪Some residents have seen progress, while others say that’s a delusion.
- ▪Informal traders were moved from the street en masse, informal structures demolished and the odd tree planted.
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PROGRESS OR PR Joburg’s inner-city ‘clean-up’: residents split on whether Morero’s campaign has worked Mayor Dada Morero has vowed to restore order and cleanliness to the inner city. Some residents have seen progress, while others say that’s a delusion. By Bheki C. Simelane 24 Jul 2026 A construction vehicle demolishes informal structures at Marble Towers in the Johannesburg CBD on Wednesday, 15 July 2026. (Photo: Bheki Simelane) Dive Deeper Speed Read Summary Listen Dive Deeper Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero took a defiant stance last week after a construction vehicle ripped through informal traders’ structures at Marble Towers, a popular shopping district, in the inner city.“We are enforcing the law, and those who continue to defy our by-laws and court orders will face the…
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