Tshwane Mayor pledges to upgrade market

TSHWANE Mayor Nasiphi Moya has pledged to upgrade Tshwane Fresh Produce Market after a Gauteng High Court ruling threatened to imprison both her and city manager Johann Mettler if they fail to comply with the October 2022 court order, requiring the city to provide essential services to the facility.

- RAPULA MOATSHE

The court's decision, issued on Monday, stems from the City of Tshwane's noncompliance with an October 2022 order to invest R18 million in the market’s maintenance and provide essential services.

The aggrieved party, the Institute of Market Agents of South Africa (IMASA), approached the high court in Pretoria seeking an order that the city be found in contempt of the 2022 ruling.

Judge Mmonoa Teffo blasted the city for failing to comply with the court order, handing down a suspended 30-day jail sentence to the municipal manager and executive mayor, pending a year without further noncompliance.