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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa (Summary)

    Summary of WIEGO Organizing Brief 3

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters
  • Toolkits and Guides

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

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    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...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Conditions for Street Trading

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

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  • Legal Instruments

    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...

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  • Legal Instruments

    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.

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    The Informal Economy Driving World Business

    National Public Radio (NPR) interviews Robert Neuwirth, author of  “Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy.” ...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Spotlight Interview with Jean Apollinaire Kafando (Burkina Faso – ONSL)

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Association of African Planning Schools

    The AAPS is “a network of tertiary planning schools drawn from across the continent.”

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