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  • Legal Instruments

    Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality Street Trading Removal and Impoundment Policy

    This policy serves to enforce a by-law relating to the supervision and control of the carrying on of the business of street vendors, peddlers...

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  • Legal Instruments

    South African Informal Traders Forum and Others Versus City of Johannesburg.

    This document outlines the court case between Informal Traders in the inner city of Johannesburg who in October 2013, officers of the City’s...

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  • Legal Instruments

    Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act, No 32 of 2003

    This Act amends the Unemployment Insurance Act of 2001.

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  • Stories/Case Studies

    Street Trading in South Africa – Organizing Workers

    Through their experiences of organizing in the markets of Durban, leaders of the growing movement of street vendors have gained greater confidence...

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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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