Myths & Facts About Home-Based Workers
Home-based work is a global phenomenon found in countries rich and poor across many industries. This document examines common myths about...
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Ghana Domestic Workers Campaign Poster
Ghana TUC’s campaign poster for domestic workers.
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Employment and Labour Relations Act, 2004
This Act makes provisions for core labour rights, to establish basic employment standards, to provide a framework for collective bargaining...
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Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1987
This document outlines the rights of working people for complensation for persoanl injury and possible loss of life from their employers. ...
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Sibongile Makhanya: Trading in Traditional Medicines
Before the Warwick Junction Project, which gave street vendors in Durban an infrastructure providing shelter and basic amenities, Sibongile...
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Toolkits and Guides
DITSELA Online Workers’ Education Institute
The website describes DITSELA as follows: “Ditsela is a joint project of the two largest Labour Federations in South Africa, COSATU...
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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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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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Mandeni Municipality Street Trading By-laws, 2005
This document contains the street trading by-laws for Mandeni Municipality.
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