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  • Research Reports

    Technology at the base of the pyramid: insights from Ahmedabad (India), Durban (South Africa) and Lima (Peru)

    Final report for the Technology and the Future of Work Project undertaken by Practical Action and WIEGO with support from the Rockefeller...

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  • Research Reports

    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...

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  • Statistical Briefs

    Informal Workers in Urban South Africa: A Statistical Snapshot

    This brief offers details of the urban informal workers in South Africa’s metros, with a further focus on three cities.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Organizing Reclaimers in Tshwane, South Africa: Lessons from the Top Down and Bottom Up Experiences

    Summary of WIEGO Organizing Brief 5 (English)

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  • WIEGO Network Newsletters
  • Legal Instruments

    Street Vendors’ Laws and Legal Issues in South Africa

    Street vendors have few legal protections in South Africa. As they are not employees the basic rights of labour law do not apply to them...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Empowering Market Traders in Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa: Summary

    This impact case study summary gives a preview of the work done under WIEGO’s Inclusive Cities project with market traders in Durban’s...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Eastern Metropolitan Local Council of the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council Street Trading By-laws, 1998

    This document contains the street trading by-laws that have been adopted by the Eastern Metropolitan Local Council.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Mossel Bay Municipality Street Trading By-laws

    This by-law is promulgated by the Mossel Bay Municipality to provide for procedures, methods and practices to regulate and control street...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Regulations Under Health Act, No. 63 of 1977, 1999

    This document contains the regulations governing general hygiene requirements for food premises and the transportation of food.

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