South Africa

Message from President of SAITA on the effects of COVID-19 to the informal business economy

In an open letter, Rosheda Muller, President of South African Informal Traders Alliance (SAITA), has called on governments to support informal...

Gendered inequalities in the South African informal economy

In this article in Agenda, WIEGO’s Michael Rogan and Laura Alfers examine sources of gender inequality within the South African informal...

City-level statistical snapshots for South Africa and Thailand available for the first time

WIEGO’s Statistics Programme is launching a new set of Statistical Briefs that provide key indicators of informal employment and key...

Street Vendors and Legal Advocacy: Reflections from Ghana, India, Peru, South Africa and Thailand

OpEd: South Africa’s Informal Sector Creates Jobs

WIEGO’s Michael Rogan and Caroline Skinner wrote an OpEd in The Conversation shedding light on the realities of South Africa’s...

A Union for All: Dar es Salaam’s Mchikichini market vendors join hands with formal workers in model solidarity

By Carlin Carr

El acceso a la salud de los trabajadores en la economía informal

Las discusiones sobre las desigualdades de salud se centran a menudo en los obstáculos que los pobres enfrentan en lo que concierne al acceso...

Informal Workers’ Access to Health Services

Discussions about health inequalities often focus on the barriers that poor people face in accessing health services. This is certainly an...

Growing a Dream: The Vaal Park Recycling Centre

The sign at the entrance to the Vaal Park Recycling Centre in South Africa bears 23 logos, each representing a public or private partner...

Cultivando un sueño: El centro de reciclaje de Vaal Park

Por Leslie Vryenhoek El letrero en la entrada al Centro de reciclaje Vaal Park, en Sudáfrica, muestra 23 logos; cada uno representa a un...