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City plans to auction Cape Town farmers’ market site

Mowbray Market promotes smallholder farmers from Cape Town and rural towns as far as Genadendal, Suurbraak, and Calitzdorp

Mariam Edwards has been selling Cape Malay treats such as koesisters, samoosas and rotis at the Mowbray Market for three years. It is the only market she sells at because it is affordable and she pays no vendor fees. Photos: Liezl Human

The Mowbray Market has been operating for four years on the first Saturday of every month.
The site is city-owned and is leased by Gordon’s Gym next to the Liesbeek River.
But the lease has since expired, and the City plans to auction off the property.

The future of the smallholder farmers’ market in Mowbray hangs in the balance after the City of Cape Town announced plans to auction off the property.
The Mowbray Market has been operating…

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