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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

    Abuja Municipal Area Council By Law, 2002

    This document contains the 2002 Abuja Municipal Area Council’s by-laws relating to the prohibition of street hawking, sanitation, restaurants...

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  • Fact Sheets/Infographics

    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...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Saving the “Mother Market”: Mobilizing Street Vendors in Durban

    When a historic market in Durban, South Africa was threatened by commercial development, market workers and street vendors, with the support...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Asiye Etafuleni

    Asiye eTafuleni is a Non-Profit Organisation which champions Inclusive Urban Planning & Design. This involves empowering the working...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Muitos comerciantes, uma só voz: Reflexões de líderes da MATO, África do Sul

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  • Legal Instruments

    Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Worker Sector

    This sectoral determination makes special provision for basic conditions of employment for domestic workers, over and above the general provisions...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Draft Proposals for an Informal Trading Policy for the City of East London, 1995

    This policy paper serves as a proposal for an informal trading policy for the City of East London which ahs received considerable attention...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality Street Trading Removal and Impoundment Policy

    This policy serves to enforce a by-law relating to the supervision and control of the carrying on of the business of street vendors, peddlers...

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  • Legal Instruments

    South African Informal Traders Forum and Others Versus City of Johannesburg.

    This document outlines the court case between Informal Traders in the inner city of Johannesburg who in October 2013, officers of the City’s...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act, No 32 of 2003

    This Act amends the Unemployment Insurance Act of 2001.

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