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Ban on scrap metal: informal traders continue to collect and sell metal despite ban
We found a scrap metal collector dismantling a car with a hammer and chisel to get metal to sell for cash, and he agreed to speak to IOL.
Scrap metal ban: My business will not survive the six months
“I’m going to have to let one of the guys go now and maybe in a month or two I will have to let another guy go,” said entrepreneur Riaan van den Berg.
Ban of scrap metal: Informal traders to be hardest hit
About 300 000 people, whose primary income is derived from the collection of scrap metal, will feel the brunt of the ban.