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Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas

By , on March 01, 2001

Since the mid 1990’s there has been an increasing number of foreigners, particularly from other African countries, working on the streets of many South African cities and towns. There are many reports of (sometimes violent) conflict between South African and foreign street traders. Although this has been particularly acute in Johannesburg, there have also been accounts in Durban (see Khan, 1997; Peters, 1999). One of the core sources of tension is that foreign traders are said to be better traders than their South African counterparts (Skinner, 1999). Little is known about foreign traders and the literature has thus far not reflected on local government policy dilemmas presented by them. This research report aims to go some way to address this gap.

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Skinner, Caroline, and Hunter, Nina. Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas. , , . ‎ University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2001. Skinner, C., and Hunter, N. (2001). Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas. , , . Skinner, Caroline, and Hunter, Nina. "Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas." ‎ University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2001, .Skinner Caroline, and Hunter Nina. "Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas." (2001). Skinner, C, and Hunter, N 2001, 'Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas', . Caroline Skinner, and Nina Hunter, 'Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas' (2001). Skinner C., and Hunter N. Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas. . 2001. Skinner, Caroline, and Hunter, Nina. Foreign Street Traders in Inner City Durban: Survey Results and Policy Dilemmas. . 2001. , .

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