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Stories / Case StudiesJohannesburg 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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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 InstrumentsDurban’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 InstrumentsMandeni Municipality Street Trading By-laws, 2005
This document contains the street trading by-laws for Mandeni Municipality.
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Legal InstrumentsPixley-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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Stories / Case StudiesCleaning Up the Workplace: Occupational Health & Safety in Ghana
Occupational Health and Safety is rarely considered in relation to informal sector workers, whose working conditions are largely invisible...
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Récupération en Afrique, Volume 1.1
Also available in English here.
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Weekly LEDNA Newsletter July 10 2013
Electronic newsletter from LEDNA (Local Economic Development Network of Africa)
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Legal InstrumentsTUC (Ghana)/WIEGO Informal Economy Legal Project – Results from Legal Consultation Workshop
Results of a strategy session on identifying and addressing laws impacting informal economy workers in Ghana
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Weekly LEDNA Newsletter March 28 2014
As described on LEDNA’s website, LEDNA is:A friendly social network – a brand new way for Local Economic Development policy makers...
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