Region: Africa

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...

Your Toolkit on ILO Convention 189 — The Domestic Workers’ Convention

Street Trading in South Africa – Organizing Workers

Through their experiences of organizing in the markets of Durban, leaders of the growing movement of street vendors have gained greater confidence...

African Centre for Cities

The African Centre for Cities (ACC) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching programme focused on quality scholarship regarding the...

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...

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”...

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...

Mandeni Municipality Street Trading By-laws, 2005

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

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.

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...