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

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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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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    Machakos Co-operative Union Ltd.

    African smallholder farmers fought for the right to organize, and in the 1950s, were finally allowed to promote and register cooperatives...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Bulletin Hebdo LEDNA 17 mai 2013

    Bulletin électronique de LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa).

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter August 22 2013

    As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...

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