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Informal economy

Yeoville Market traders still picking up the pieces three months after fire

28th Sep 2022 Chris Gilili 0

“Things will never be the same ever again,” said one trader who lost everything in the June fire.

Informal traders decry lockdown, looting and lack of support from the City of Joburg

27th Jul 2021 Chris Gilili 0

Workers in the Informal economy of Johannesburg say that the City has made things hard for them during lockdown.

On the road with Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa beans

12th Apr 2021 Equal Times 0

It’s 8.40pm. A strong wind blows across the dark night sky, whistling through the large trees that protrude from the canopy formed by cocoa trees. […]

Caught between military occupation and unemployment, Palestinians continue to work in the Israeli economy without full labour rights

27th Nov 2020 Equal Times 0

It is four in the morning and heavy rain washes the deserted alleys of the village of Al Midiah, west of Ramallah. A white minibus […]

Why Kenya’s urban poor are exploited by informal water markets

2nd Sep 2020 Anindita Sarkar 0

Informal urban water markets – as opposed to piped water – have long supported many of Kenya’s urban areas. Those that use them are either unserved, or […]

African nationals remain outsiders in SA

26th Aug 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

South Africa is said to have overcome the peak in covid-19 cases, while many African nationals will take much longer to recover from the lockdown.

Janhavi Dave: “We need to empower home-based workers by investing in more co-operatives. Unity builds strength and resilience”

27th Jul 2020 Equal Times 0

South Asia is home to over 50 million home-based workers, most of whom are women. From agarbhatti incense stick rollers in India to piecework garment workers in Sri […]

Zimbabwe informal workers cry foul over new lockdown restrictions

23rd Jul 2020 Christopher Mahove 0

Informal economy workers in Zimbabwe say the government imposed the lockdown without making sure they would have means to survive.

In Tunisia, Black Africans face “the harshest exploitation”

4th May 2020 Equal Times 0

Jérémie*, an Ivorian in his early thirties who arrived in Tunisia in early 2016, is reluctant to speak out. He says he suffered reprisals after […]

South Africa’s spaza shops: how regulatory avoidance harms informal workers

25th Feb 2020 Andries du Toit 0

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 […]

In Mexico, domestic workers are defending their labour and human rights

11th Nov 2019 Equal Times 0

A 2013 study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) found that there were at least 52 million domestic workers in the world, the majority of them women. […]

Social and economic woes weigh heavily on Algeria’s future

6th Nov 2019 Equal Times 0

The last eight months have seen the rise of a protest movement without precedent in the history of Algeria. Millions of citizens have taken to […]

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