South Africa

Executive Summary-Informal Economy Monitoring Study: Street Vendors in Durban, South Africa

This report examines street vending in Durban, South Africa. The Informal Economy Monitoring Study (IEMS) seeks to provide credible, grounded...

People want to work, yet most have to labour: Towards decent work in South African supply chainsLaw, Democracy and Development

The rights of labour have been described as “claims of reciprocity for the reality of being labour”. For over 12 million unemployed South...

Welfare, Development and Growth: Lessons from South Africa

Hierarchies of care work in South Africa: nurses, social workers and home-based care workers

This article by Francie Lund, who led WIEGO’s Social Protection Programme from 2000-2016, is chapter 21 (page 465-79) of the volume. ...

Challenges to Inclusive Urban Planning for the Working Poor – Reflections from South Africa

Presentation at WIEGO Colloquium, ‘World Class Cities’ and the Urban Informal Economy: Inclusive Planning for the Working Poor

IEMS: La Investigación-Acción Lleva y Resultados Concretos

Technology & the Future of Informal Work: Case Studies from India and South Africa

Presentation made by Martha Chen to the MIT Technology Evaluation Group on initial findings from on the “Technology & the Future...

Central Pretoria Metropolitan Substructure Street Trading By-law, 1997

This document contains the by-laws concerning street trading in the Central Pertoria Metropole.

Ingquza Hill Street Trading and Allocation Policy, Final Draft , 2007

The draft policy broadly seeks to provide a framework within which street trading may be or may not be allowed in Ingquza Hill and how allocation...

City of Cape Town Draft Informal Beach Trading Policy and Management Framework, 2002

The purpose of this document is to clearly articulate the framework within which Informal Beach Trading should occur in the City of Cape...