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Mamuna Mohammed, a head load porter (kayayei), carries bananas through Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana

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  • Street vendors in Accra. (Photo: J. Torgovnik/Getty Images Reportage Law & Informality Insights

    Turning the Law into a Shield for Street Vendors in African Countries

    This Legal Brief compares the Civil Law and Common Law systems to explore the recourses and remedies street vendors may have to to defend...

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  • Research Reports

    Rethinking Street Traders as a Promising Agent of Re-Empowering Labour Movement in Contemporary South Africa

    Conference paper highlighting the WCCA Campaign in South Africa. 7th Global Labour University Conference, ‘The Politics of Labour and Development’,28-30...

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Globalization and the informalization of labour: the case of South Africa

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  • Books & Book Chapters

    Chapter 2 – Turning Warwick Around

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  • Journal Articles

    The reproductive and occupational health of women street vendors in Johannesburg, South AfricaSocial Science and Medicine

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  • Journal Articles

    Waste management policy: implications for landfill waste salvagers in the Western CapeInternational Journal of Environment and Waste Management

    Abstract: The City of Cape Town Solid Waste Management Department’s (CCTSWMD) design of a more formal, integrated and sustainable waste...

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  • Journal Articles

    Business Start-ups and Their Prospects of Success in South African TownshipsSouth African Review of Sociology

    Abstract: PeThere is consensus within South African society that black entrepreneurship needs to become a more widespread phenomenon. To...

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  • Research Reports

    Nos enfants ne reçoivent pas l’attention qu’ils méritent

    Cette publication présente les résultats d’une étude de recherche dans cinq villes examinant l’accès des travailleuses de l´informel...

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  • Resource Documents

    Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Lessons From Five Countries

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  • Journal Articles

    Education and earnings in urban West Africa

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