Africa

In the Shadow of the States: The Informalities of Chinese Petty Entrepreneurship in NigeriaJournal of Current Chinese Affairs

The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. ...

“The Poor Also Must Live!” Market Demolition, Gentrification and the Quest for Survival in Lagos State

Report on demolition of traditional open markets, as part of the State government programme to develop Lagos into a “mega city”. This...

IDRC Final Report: Legal Empowerment of the Working Poor

Summary of three-country study of law and the working poor, funded by IDRC (November 2011-March 2013)

Organizando Os Catadores de Recicláveis Em Tshwane, África do Sul: Lições das Experiências “Top Down e Bottom Up” (De cima para Baixo e da Base para Cima)

Resumo do relatório organização WIEGO 5 (português)

StreetNet Newsletter Issue 26

Contents include: StreetNet Welcomes SEWA during their Field Visit to South Africa

Domestic Workers: How the law can help you – Poster, South Africa

SAFM Radio Interview with Vanessa Pillay of WIEGO and South African Wastepicker Representatives

Vanessa Pillay of WIEGO and waste picker represenatives from Johannesburg, South Africa are interviewed on local radio to share their concerns...

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Conditions for Street Trading

This document contains the conditions that informal traders mut comply with when trading in Ekurhuleni.

Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000

This Act (among other things)provides for the core principles, mechanisms and processes that are necessary to enable municipalities to move...

Sol Plaatje Municipality Draft Infromal Trading Policy and Management Framework

This document forms the basis for the By-Law that will regulate Informal Trading in the Sol Plaatje municipal area.