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South Africa

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  • Research Reports

    “I carry people and goods across the border for a living”

    Informal cross-border couriers (bomalayisha) have transported people and goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa for several decades.

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  • Journal Articles

    Understanding South African social security through recent household surveys: New opportunities and continuing gapsDevelopment Southern Africa

    The aim of this article is to identify some of the difficult areas in researching the South African social security system, and to offer...

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  • Journal Articles

    Promoting Workplace Health and Safety in Urban Public Space: Reflections from Durban, South Africa

    This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chains of Fortune: Linking Women Producers and Workers with Global Markets

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  • Research Reports

    Informal Economy Employment Data In South Africa: A Critical Analysis

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  • Journal Articles

    Addressing inequality and economic marginalisation

    Cape Town: Institute for African Alternatives

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  • Research Reports

    Extending health and safety protection to informal workers: an analysis of small scale mining in KwaZulu-Natal

    School of Development Studies Research Report 76

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  • City/Country Level Reports

    Securing Livelihoods: A Gendered Analysis of Support Interventions available to Street Traders in the Durban Metropolitan Area

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  • Research Reports

    The Urban Informal Workforce: Street Vendors

    These findings are based on research conducted in 2012 as part of the Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS), a project under Inclusive...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Mean Streets: Migration, Xenophobia and Informality in South Africa

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