Region: South Africa

Roundtable on the Regulation of the Platform Economy in South Africa

• April 8, 2026
• Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS), 2 St Davids Place, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193
  Hybrid with the ability to attend in person or online

Scaling Deep: Five Lessons on How Participatory Research Can Inform Legal Advocacy

Public Space Trading Guidelines for Local Government, 2021-2026

South Africa’s Informal Economy and COVID-19: Differentiated Impacts and an Uneven Recovery

Street Vendors and Market Traders in 12 Countries: Key Facts

Child Care in Markets: An E-Book

Statistics on Waste Pickers: A Case Studies Guide

This report draws on the experiences and efforts of organizations of waste pickers to develop and make data on them available to policymakers...

Implementing ILO R204 on the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy: Lessons from South Africa’s Experience

The responsibility for implementation of the International Labour Organization’s Recommendation 204 concerning the Transition from the Informal...

Income floors: Understanding the different policy proposals

The 2020 global pandemic catalyzed great interest in the potential of social protection to support incomes and livelihoods during times of...

Waste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities

Key Findings A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and...