Region: Africa

Position Statement from the Women Cross Border Traders Forum on Mainstreaming Gender in the SADC Regional Trade Policy and the Tripartite Free Trade Area Policy Framework

We, the Women representatives of Informal Cross Border Trader’s Associations (ICBTs) drawn from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia,...

Wiego in the World: Africa

This document reviews WIEGO’s work in Africa, including in the areas of knowledge generation, capacity building and advocacy. It also...

Accra: Waste Picker Health & Safety

Waste pickers from Accra, Ghana, were surveyed to understand the main occupational health challenges and hazards they face. In total, 119...

Organizing Reclaimers in Tshwane, South Africa: Lessons from the Top Down and Bottom Up Experiences (Hindi)

Summary of WIEGO Organizing Brief 5 (Hindi)

VIDEO: Melanie Samson (South Africa) – Including the Informal, Transforming the Public: Insights From Innovations in the Waste Sector

The Municipal Services Project conference held in April 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa brought together researchers, activists, labour,...

Informal Traders Know your Rights – South Africa – pamphlet

Cape Town Municipality By Law for the Supervision and Control of Street Vendors, Pedlars or Hawkers, 1996

This document contains the Cape Towen Municipality By-law for the supervision and control of street vendors, pedlars or hawkers in Cape Town. ...

Hibiscus Coast Municipality Informal Trading By-laws, 2008

This document outlines the by-laws that support the development and management of informal sector trading in the Hibiscus Coast Municipality. ...

Baberton Draft Street Trading By Laws, 1998

This document contains the draft street trading by- laws for Baberton Municipality.

Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997

The purpose of this Act is to give effect to and regulate the right to fair labour practices by establishing and enforcing basic conditions...