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  • Toolkits and Guides

    African Centre for Cities

    The African Centre for Cities (ACC) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching programme focused on quality scholarship regarding the...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Johannesburg Street Traders Halt Operation Clean Sweep

    In October 2013, law enforcement officers of the City of Johannesburg forcibly evicted over 6,000 street traders from a 24-block area in...

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  • Audiovisual Materials

    VIDEO: The case of South Africa’s Old Age Pension and Child Support Grant

    Francie Lund from WIEGO presented “The Southern African model: The case of South Africa’s Old Age Pension and Child Support Grant”...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Durban’s Informal Economy Policy, 2001

    This policy document was written to serve as a guide for the management and suport of workers in the informal economy in the city of Durban...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Mandeni Municipality Street Trading By-laws, 2005

    This document contains the street trading by-laws for Mandeni Municipality.

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  • Legal Instruments

    Pixley-Ka-Seme Local Municipality Street Trading By-laws.

    This document contains the by-laws that govern street traders activities in Pixley-Ka-Seme municipality.

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Options for Organizing Waste Pickers in South Africa

    Summary of WIEGO Organizing Brief 3

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  • Advocacy Materials

    Domestic Workers Count Too: Implementing Protections for Domestic Workers: ITUC/UN Women Briefing Kit

    Based on personal testimonies from Bolivia, the State of New York, USA, the Philippines and South Africa, the ITUC-UN Women briefing kit...

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Towards Inclusion of South African Domestic Workers Under the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act

    This paper situates protection

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  • Toolkits and Guides

    Organizing Waste Management Workers: The South African Experience

    This booklet describes how workers and employers have organized in South Africa’s waste management sector. The booklet is based on research...

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