All posts in Africa
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City/Country Level Reports
“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...
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Stories/Case Studies
Street Trading in South Africa – Organizing Workers
Through their experiences of organizing in the markets of Durban, leaders of the growing movement of street vendors have gained greater confidence...
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Toolkits and Guides
African Centre for Cities
The African Centre for Cities (ACC) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching programme focused on quality scholarship regarding the...
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Stories/Case Studies
Johannesburg Street Traders Halt Operation Clean Sweep
In October 2013, law enforcement officers of the City of Johannesburg forcibly evicted over 6,000 street traders from a 24-block area in...
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Audiovisual Materials
VIDEO: The case of South Africa’s Old Age Pension and Child Support Grant
Francie Lund from WIEGO presented “The Southern African model: The case of South Africa’s Old Age Pension and Child Support Grant”...
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Legal Instruments
Durban’s Informal Economy Policy, 2001
This policy document was written to serve as a guide for the management and suport of workers in the informal economy in the city of Durban...
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Legal Instruments
Mandeni Municipality Street Trading By-laws, 2005
This document contains the street trading by-laws for Mandeni Municipality.
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Legal Instruments
Pixley-Ka-Seme Local Municipality Street Trading By-laws.
This document contains the by-laws that govern street traders activities in Pixley-Ka-Seme municipality.
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Stories/Case Studies
Leading the Fight for Legitimacy: Malawi Union for the Informal Sector – MUFIS
When the global economic downturn’s impact on the informal workers in Malawi went unreported and unrecognized, the Malawi Union for the Informal...
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WIEGO Network Newsletters
Waste Picking in Africa, Volume 1.1
Disponible en français ici.
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