South Africa

Sumário Executivo: Relatório do Setor Estudo de Monitoramento de Economia Informal: Catadores

Our Children Do Not Get the Attention They Deserve

This report presents the results of a five-city research study examining informal women workers’ access to child care in Brazil, Ghana,...

The nature of the South African informal sector as reflected in the quarterly labour-force survey, 2008-2014

Abstract of this REDI working paper: This paper presents an analysis of the nature of, and recent trends in, the South African informal sector...

Challenging city imaginaries: Street traders’ struggles in Warwick Junction

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Moments of resistance: The struggle against informalization in the city of Cape Town

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‘World Class Cities for All’: Street traders as agents of union revitalization in contemporary South AfricaLabour, Capital and Society

AbstractEngaging with recent scholarly debates on the challenges of labour movement revitalization in both the global North and South, this...

Stitching for Survival: Home-Based Clothing Operations in the Informal Economy

The Experience of Two Women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Budgeting and the Informal Economy in Durban, South Africa

In 2014, 18 per cent of people employed in KwaZulu-Natal worked in an informal enterprise. In 2014/15, eThekwini’s budget was R38.8 billion...

Informal Economy Budget Analysis: eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality

WIEGO’s Informal Economy Budget Analysis (IEBA) examines how government budgets address the needs and interests of different groups of informal...

A summary of research findings on women informal workers and child care from six membership-based organizations

This publication is a summary of “Our children do not get the attention they deserve”: A synthesis of research finding on women informal...