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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

    TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project Report from a Sensitization Workshop for Domestic Workers Held on Friday 5 September 2014 at the YWCA Conference Centre, Accra

    This report documents the results of a discussion to identify and address laws that impact t

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  • Legal Instruments

    Domestic Workers (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

    This document contains regulations made by the Minister under section 94 of the Employment Relations Act and outlines amendments to renumeration...

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Position Statement: People’s Action towards Implementing STR & revitalizing SNCs in SADC

    This declaration was adopted by the informal cross-border trade workshop from 17 – 19 August 2017.

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Mbeubeuss : Les femmes dans la récupération de déchets

    Depuis son ouverture sur le site de Malika début des années 70 dans la banlieue dakaroise à Malika, la décharge de Mbeubeuss a fait l’objet...

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Organizing Reclaimers in Tshwane, South Africa: Lessons from the Top Down and Bottom Up Experiences

    Summary of WIEGO Organizing Brief 5 (English)

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters
  • 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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