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  • External Blog Posts/Op Eds

    Global Labour Column – Power and Classification: Casual Workers Struggles in the South African Post Office

    In this article, David Dickinson focuses on the struggles against exploitation by casual workers in the South African Post Office (SAPO)....

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  • Legal Instruments

    City of Port Elizabeth By-Law Relating to Street Trading

    This document outlines the by-laws relating to street trading in the city of Port Elizabeth.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Kwadukuza Municipality Street Trading By-laws.

    This document outlines the street trading by-laws for Kwadukuza Municipality.

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  • Legal Instruments

    City of Durban Draft Street Trading By-laws

    The by laws in this document were drafted based on Durban’s Informal Economy Policy, and although they have never in fact been adopted...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Employment Equity Amendment Act, 2013

    This Act amends the Employment Equity Act, 1998.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    eThekwini’s Informal Economy Policy

    Approved and adopted by the Durban Unicity Council

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    The Launch of ‘Design with the Other 90%: CITIES’

    Reflections on the launch of  Design with the Other 90%: CITIES’ exhibition, a project by the Smithsonian-Cooper Hewitt, National Design...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    Informal Workers’ Access to Healthcare

    This 10-minute video by WIEGO and partners, Asiye eTafuleni(AeT) in South Africa; HomeNet Thailand; and the Self-Employed Women’s Association...

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  • Project Reports

    Technology and the Future of Work: Experiences of informal waste workers and street vendors in Dhaka, Lima, and Nairobi

    “Through  a  year-long  project  supported  by  the  Rockefeller  Foundation, Practical  Action  and  WIEGO  (Women  in  Informal ...

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  • Legal Instruments

    City of uMhlathuze: Allocation of Market Stalls Policy Document, 2008

    “The policy document outlines the procedures for the allocation of Market Stalls in Umhlathuze, and aims to provide both business and...

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