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Residents of the colourful neighbourhood of Bo-Kaap took to the streets on Wednesday to protest against the convoys of tourist buses that clog up their streets. About 40 locals demonstrated in Wale Street in support of their long-standing demand that the City implement a traffic plan for Bo-Kaap.
They are just being bombarded by tourist buses that come in and do their own thing without respect for the community.” Locals say they are not opposed to the tourists, but rather the massive buses. “Sometimes they come in three or four or five at a time. It's really chaos.” BKRCA chairperson Osman Shabodien added: “It's an age-old concern of 2017 when we first had the Traffic Plan drawn up and then upgraded in 2021.
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