In Angola, street trading of live animals, green and smoked meat and food by-products, medicines, insecticides, rodenticides, medicinal plants and herbs, furniture, electrical machines and utensils, alcoholic beverages, fuel and building materials is prohibited.
This measure is reflected in the Regulations on the Law on the Organization, Implementation and Activities of Street Vendors, Markets and Market Stalls, approved by a decree signed by Angolan President João Lourenço.
Furniture, pieces of furniture, bedding, antiques, radio-electric equipment, electric or gas cookware, lamps, musical instruments, records and the like, cars, measuring and control equipment, photographic materials, optical products, clothing, shoes, jewelry, weapons and ammunition . , coins and banknotes are also prohibited from street sale.
The legal diploma of May 17, already published in Diário da República and accessed by Lusa today, aims to establish the technical and disciplinary aspects of the above-mentioned sales methods as a retail trading activity, in order to equip trade authorities with legal instruments.
The Decree also establishes procedures for the issuance and comprehensive physical and digital renewal of street vendor, market stall and market stall cards, as well as registration on the Electronic Commercial Licensing Platform integrated into the Citizen Portal.
The sale of handicrafts, fruits and vegetables made or produced in-house at craft fairs is regulated by the provisions of the ordinance, which empowers municipal administrations to allow street vending after the issuance and renewal of a vendor card.
Municipal administrations must also allow fairs to be held in accordance with the needs and interests of the local population, establish the frequency of fairs and license local commercial activities.
Trays, benches, pavilions, trailers or any other means used in commerce must display in a visible place to the public the name, address and card number of the relevant merchant.
Most Angolan citizens survive on the informal market, and street vending on streets, roads, avenues, plazas and other places is a common practice for many citizens, mostly women, known as “zungueiras”.
Authorities have moved to develop a program to revive the informal economy, but some goods, from eggs to bicycles, continue to be sold on the street.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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