Africa

WIEGO Statement on Situation in Harare, Zimbabwe

Letter from WIEGO to President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe addressing the current situation in Harare City Central Business District where...

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.

Fact Sheet: Women Organizing for Fair Trade in Uganda

Details of the MDG3-funded Fair Trade project in Uganda

Spotlight Interview with Mamadou Nama (Burkina Faso – USTB)