Region: South Africa

Measuring Informal Employment in South Africa: The New Quarterly Labour Force Survey

This briefing note discusses how the changes introduced in the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) will affect

Collective action in the informal economy : the case of the self-employed women’s union

Informalisation and the Reconfiguration of Labour Relations in the Durban Clothing Industry

Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand...

Business Start-ups and Their Prospects of Success in South African TownshipsSouth African Review of Sociology

Abstract: PeThere is consensus within South African society that black entrepreneurship needs to become a more widespread phenomenon. To...

Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre o cuidado das crianças e trabalhadoras informais de 6 organizações de base (OBs) de trabalhadoras/es pobres

Esta publicação é um resumo de “Nossos filhos não recebem a atenção que merecem”: Um resumo dos resultados da pesquisa sobre...

Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

Organizing Informal Women Workers

Paper prepared for UNRISD Gender Policy Report.Abstract:

Dumping on Women: Gender and privatisation of waste management

Statistics on Informal Employment in South Africa

This brief summarizes statistics on employment – and, in particular, on urban informal employment – in South Africa.