Law Programme

Protecting the Worker in the Informal Economy: The Role of Labour Law

Report on Domestic Workers in Ghana

Overview of the domestic worker sector in Ghana

A Report on Street Vending in Ghana

Overview of regulatory issues concerning street vendors in Ghana

Exposure Dialogue Programme – Personal Reflection

Nurturing a culture of compliance with domestic workers’ rights in South Africa

“I carry people and goods across the border for a living”

Informal cross-border couriers (bomalayisha) have transported people and goods between Zimbabwe and South Africa for several decades.

Social regionalism in the Southern Africa Development Community: The international, regional and national interplay of labour alternative dispute resolution mechanisms

Abstract: The Southern African Development Community region (SADC) has seen a trend toward applying Alternative Dispute Settlement (ADR)...

Poverty, Legal Empowerment and Informal Business in South Africa

Procurement Policy Subversion in Contracts Between South African Retailers and Suppliers

Abstract: This chapter focuses on tensions and regulatory gaps impacting public procurement reform in the private sector (supply chain) doing...

Using Administrative Law to Secure Informal Livelihoods: Lessons from South Africa

Although informal workers make up the broad base of the work force in many countries, legal frameworks often fail to protect and support...