the campaign launch was preceded by a compliance inspection of small businesses at the wiim Mandela section in Tamba MC M was joined by law enforcement agencies and sister departments to shut down businesses operating illegally including liquor outlets and spasa shops MAA says The Campaign Will integrate with the weekly operation chanela which fights against Crime our contribution as the economy cluster is that you can't fight crime in isolation from dealing with EC economic uh challenges as you know in certain instances though it's not an excuse people commit crime because of poverty because of hunger because of unemployment so we want to send a message today that as we fight crime we also are busy dealing with economic opportunities and challenges we want people who've got businesses to adere and comply because there are a lot of advantages and there are a lot of opportunities for businesses that are complying and businesses that are operating legally as it turns out most of the businesses in this area closed their doors for the day before the inspection could even take place those that continued with normal trading interacted with M sharing their frustrations another one who's doing a who's got a hairdresser has just started last month she was telling us she's seeing about two people a day she has spent 250 R to start her business and we said we've got grants for such businesses you can imagine if she spends 250 rents starting a business uh and if we were to give her 10,000 R for instance you can imagine how far it can go in helping to propel that business and she can even higher and more people a few kilometers away in rasu Community Hall residents and aspiring business owners gathered to find out more information about getting their businesses legally compliant he says what the Mec shared with them today was about how they can improve their lives as residents in the township he also told them about businesses and how they can be funded and that when one has a business you must register it before you look for funding the challenge is one you see as Community here Ina problem is Oneal businesses most of us but our business are not compliant that's the problem so I think if we can also have something like this continuously so it will assist everybody that they have started small businesses they hope these businesses will grow and that the government will keep keep his promises and that they will indeed be given the necessary support and that crime will also [Music] [Applause] end Deo sapc news Johannesburg