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

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  • Legal Instruments

    Law & Informal Economy End of Project Report

    This report is a summary of the purpose, activities, achievements, and challenges of Law & Informal Economy Project in Accra, Ghana. ...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Central District Council Hawking and Street Vending by-laws

    These by-laws regulate hawking and street vending in the Central Distrcit of Botswana.

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  • Advocacy Materials

    WIEGO Statement on Situation in Harare, Zimbabwe

    Letter from WIEGO to President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe addressing the current situation in Harare City Central Business District where...

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  • Presentations

    The Art of Survival

    Presentation from the Cape Town conference on research on the informal economy

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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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  • Legal Instruments

    Street Vendors’ Laws and Legal Issues in South Africa

    Street vendors have few legal protections in South Africa. As they are not employees the basic rights of labour law do not apply to them...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Empowering Market Traders in Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa: Summary

    This impact case study summary gives a preview of the work done under WIEGO’s Inclusive Cities project with market traders in Durban’s...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Eastern Metropolitan Local Council of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council Street Trading By-laws, 1998

    This document contains the street trading by-laws that have been adopted by the Eastern Metropolitan Local Council.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Mossel Bay Municipality Street Trading By-laws

    This by-law is promulgated by the Mossel Bay Municipality to provide for procedures, methods and practices to regulate and control street...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Regulations Under Health Act, No. 63 of 1977, 1999

    This document contains the regulations governing general hygiene requirements for food premises and the transportation of food.

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