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

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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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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Regional Network on Equity in Health Southern Africa (EQUINET)

    EQUINET is a network of health professionals, civil society members, policy makers, state officials and others working on health and social...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Récupération en Afrique, Volume 2.1

      Available in English here.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter August 29 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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  • Legal Instruments

    Report from 2011 Consultation with Head Porters (Kayayei) in Ghana

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