Township wars — the myth and mayhem
By Lucky Biyase and Thekisa Anthony Lefifi CARWASH owner Nathi Mbatha says it is a “sad thing” that both government and fellow South Africans are “quick to refer to us as cry babies and incompetent business people” outclassed by foreigners who are simply working harder. Mr Mbatha, who works in Merebank, a low-income area in […]
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SOUTH AFRICA.Township wars -the myth and mayhem. BD Live (1 February 2014) by Lucky Biyase and Thekiso Anthony Lefifi. UK. Surrey Street traders accuse Croydon Council of neglecting them. INDIA. Congress demands implementation of street vendor policy in Vadodara. INDONESIA. City to teach street vendors sanitation. The Jakarta Post (29 January 2015). INDIA. New hawking […]
NASVI to host Street Food Festival in 2015
6 February 2015 After the success of the National Street Food festival in 2014, the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) will be hosting another Street Food Festival this year. This will take place on February 27, 28 up until the 1st of March 2015 at Baba Kharak Singh Marg. NASVI recently hosted […]
Flash Floods continue to create havoc in Malawi
Government statistics show that 176 people have died (with an unknown number still missing). There are over six hundred thousand people affected by the floods in the country because of the week – long torrential rains. The death count is expected to rise as more bodies are found. Those affected are devastated as they lost […]
Commissioner promises not to issue challan and harass street vendors
INDIA (NEW DELHI) – 20TH JANUARY: Thousands of Street Vendors from different markets of Delhi marched in different groups to the three Municipal Corporation offices in Delhi demanding an immediate stop of the issuing of challans on frivolous and many a times no grounds. A challan, in this case is a term generally used in […]
Marginalised Workers in South Asia demand for Transformative Social Protection
The Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health, and Environment Foundation (OSHE), the Hong-Kong based Asia Monitor Resource Centre (AMRC), and the South Asian partners of the Asian Roundtable on Social Protection (AROSP) co-organised a meeting of grassroots workers organisations from different South Asian countries to discuss the issue of social protection. The programme was held at the […]
Court Order restores hope for the implementation of Vending Act
India – New Delhi, 10thDecember, 2014: Hearing a writ petition of National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) against continuous eviction and harassment of street vendors in Delhi, Hon’ble High Court of Delhi took a strong exception of blatant violation of the Street Vending Act, 2014 and repeated deliberate ignorance of court orders. Annoyed, […]
Trade union leader of Ukrainian entrepreneurs, Valentine Korobka assaulted again!
By Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Organiser On November 30, 2014 in the city of Kharkiv (Eastern Ukraine) Valentina Korobka, the Chairwoman of the Free Trade Union of Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (VPPU), was attacked late at night by an unknown man, who struck her several times in the face. It happened on the fourth day of Valentina`s […]
Federation of Trade Unions Xhidmat-ISH opposes any form of violence against women
By Oksana Abboud, StreetNet Organiser Federation of Trade Unions Xhidmat-ISH (Azerbaijan), an affiliated member of StreetNet International, held its event with the participation of trade union activists on the relevant theme. The event was also done within the framework of international days of action to eliminate violence against women, In 1999, the UN General Assembly […]
Message from FEDEVAL
Enough with all the abuse!! To the Workers of Small Businesses (Street Vendors) from Lima surrounds. We reject and repudiate the repressive attitude being taken by the Municipality of Lima against these workers. Most of these workers are women, who do not have a legal backing to protect their work and Social Rights: Women suffering […]
