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

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Health Access for Informal Workers in Durban, South Africa: Xolisile’s Story

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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    Global Labour Column – Power and Classification: Casual Workers Struggles in the South African Post Office

    In this article, David Dickinson focuses on the struggles against exploitation by casual workers in the South African Post Office (SAPO)....

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  • Legal Instruments

    City of Port Elizabeth By-Law Relating to Street Trading

    This document outlines the by-laws relating to street trading in the city of Port Elizabeth.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Kwadukuza Municipality Street Trading By-laws.

    This document outlines the street trading by-laws for Kwadukuza Municipality.

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  • Legal Instruments

    City of Durban Draft Street Trading By-laws

    The by laws in this document were drafted based on Durban’s Informal Economy Policy, and although they have never in fact been adopted...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Employment Equity Amendment Act, 2013

    This Act amends the Employment Equity Act, 1998.

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Cleaning Up the Workplace: Occupational Health & Safety in Ghana

    Occupational Health and Safety is rarely considered in relation to informal sector workers, whose working conditions are largely invisible...

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters

    Récupération en Afrique, Volume 1.1

      Also available in English here.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Weekly LEDNA Newsletter July 10 2013

    Electronic newsletter from LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa)

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  • Legal Instruments

    TUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project – Results from Legal Consultation Workshop

    Results of a strategy session on identifying and addressing laws impacting informal economy workers in Ghana

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