Khayelitsha residents slam Shoprite for ignoring local labour and business
Protesters were outside the Site C shopping centre on Wednesday and Friday this week.
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Prasa removes informal traders from Khayelitsha Station
Plans to fully re-open the central line come at a high price for informal traders
Naledi Crisis Highlights Need for Accountability, Not Xenophobia
The evidence shows foreign-owned spaza shops are not responsible for the cases of food-poisoning in Naledi last week.
Yeoville Market traders still picking up the pieces three months after fire
“Things will never be the same ever again,” said one trader who lost everything in the June fire.
Informal traders resist forced removal by the City of Johannesburg
The informal traders in the city centre of Johannesburg lament bad treatment by the City of Johannesburg.
KDF says extortion won’t be tolerated in Khayelitsha
The KDF had harsh words for those who are involved in extortion of small businesses, informal traders and residents in Khayelitsha.
Informal meat traders in Khayelitsha ordered to stop trading
Informal meat traders at Embengweni in Khayelitsha were ordered to stop operating just three days after the ban on informal food sellers was lifted.
Shoprite in Khayelitsha Mall goes up in flames
A small business owner at the Khayelitsha Mall says that the fire that engulfed Shoprite stores on Tuesday was like a final nail in the coffin for small businesses at the mall.
South Africa’s spaza shops: how regulatory avoidance harms informal workers
Small informal retailers are a ubiquitous feature of any developing country’s urban landscape. Known as spaza shops in South Africa, they are an important, even […]
Station vendors suffering due to railway suspension
Vendors that trade at central line stations say that the suspension of the railway service has negatively affected them.
Turning waste into a sustainable income
With some help from the municipality, waste-pickers in Paarl have formed a co-operative to make themselves a living out of collecting material for recycling.
Sekuphele iminyaka elishumi zivaliwe indawo zoshishino eKuyasa
Nangona kwachithwa ikhulu elinamashumi asibhozo ezigidi zerandi (R180million) kwisikhululo sikaloliwe sase Kuyasa kodwa indawo zoshishino zisavaliwe.
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