IN PICTURES | Street vendor arrested for selling goods during lockdown
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Sihle Nkabinde climbs into the police van after she was told to pack up her stall at Esangweni taxi rank. (Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times)
Street vendor Sihle Nkabinde at her stall outside the Esangweni taxi rank in Tembisa where she sells newspapers and sweets. (Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times)
Street vendor Sihle Nkabinde packs aways her merchandise outside the Esangweni taxi rank after a police officer told her she is not allowed to sell goods during the 21-day lockdown. (Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times)
Street vendor Sihle Nkabinde is escorted by officers outside Esangweni taxi rank in Tembisa. She told the officials she had a permit to sell during the 21-day lockdown, but was taken in despite this on April 6 2020. (Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times)
Sihle Nkabinde products are placed in the back of a police van after she was told to pack up her stall by officers outside Esangweni taxi rank. (Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times)
A police officer helps street vendor Sihle Nkabinde enter the police van. (Sebabatso Mosamo/Sunday Times)
A street vendor was arrested at Esangweni taxi rank in Tembisa for selling newspapers and sweets during the 21-day lockdown.
Sihle Nkabinde was escorted by police on Monday, despite the announcement from co-operative governance and traditional affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma that informal traders could continue to earn a living during the lockdown.
Nkabinde tried to show her permit allowing her to trade to the officers, but was arrested and ordered to pack up her stock.
