Call for support against the Controversial Licensing Bill
South African Informal Traders Alliance(SAITA) together with StreetNet will be holding a media conference on the 18 April 2013. The bill places excessively burdensome requirements on the population least able to meet those requirements – who are also those who need employment the most. Also, it imposes high administrative costs on the licensing authority by […]
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INDIA. "Revised national policy on hawkers permits juveniles." Times of India (April 05, 2013) by Linah Baliga INDIA. "Special plans in the works for Marina Beach hawkers." Express News Service (April 04, 2013) NAMIBIA. "Informal Traders are Invaluable for the Economy." AllAfrica.com (April 05, 2013) by Jackson Mwalundange SINGAPORE. "Join forces with hawkers to feed […]
Namibia: Informal Traders are Invaluable for the Economy
By Jackson Mwalundange NAMIBIA is a dual-economy country with formal and informal sectors. The formal sector is characterised by large capital outlay, formal structure, and documentation of the business entities. It is included in the economic statistics of the nation. The informal sector entities, on the other hand, are small, mostly one person, and without […]
Traders ask to be involved in decision making
By Mercy Kahenda – Kenya Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendor and Informal Traders has called on the Central and County Governments to involve informal traders in investment decisions. The traders said that involvement of small traders will help them understand projects better. They were speaking during a training of hawkers that brought representatives from […]
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CHINA. "In China, anger grows over abuse of street vendors" Washington Post (March 31, 2013) by William Wan INDIA. "Lucknow Municipal Corporation mulls law for street vendors" Times of India (March 30, 2013) by Priyanka Singh INDIA. "Pilot project to rehabilitate city hawkers begins." Hindustan Times (March 30, 2013) by Kunal Purohit MEXICO. "First actions […]
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WORLD. “Life on the Street: Vendors Around the Globe.” Nextcity (March 17, 2013) INDIA. “Hawkers to get 351 galas in 11 municipal markets.” DNA India (March 16, 2013) by Vishwas Waghmode CHINA. “Watch: Outrage after Xiamen chengguan attack street vendors.” Shanghaiist (March 15, 2013) By Jean Cao Junchen. INDIA. “Karnataka`s first micro credit society for […]
South Africa – Cape Town zoning schemes and By-laws challenged in the Informal Sector
A Coalition of organisations has been formed to challenge the City of Cape Town, on its recently promulgated By-Laws that seeks to unify the fragmented multiple zoning schemes under one single zoning scheme. The coalition consists of the following organisations: Western Cape Informal Traders Coalition, the Somali Association of South Africa, COSATU Western Cape, PASSOP, […]
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INDIA. "The Spring Blast of Street Foods from Bihar at the Dilli Haat INA, New Delhi from 15 March to 22 March, 2013." NASVI (March 12, 2013) INDONESIA. "Semarang to build flea market to manage street vendors." The Jakarta Post (March 10, 2013) by Ainur Rohmah CHINA. "Guangzhou hawker’s rough treatment in front of her […]
Labour at Informal Work Economy (LIE) Celebrates International Women’s Day
Around one hundred female members from different affiliated organisations of the Labour at Informal Economy (LIE) joined to form a human chain at the front of Dhaka Press Club, Dhaka to celebrate International Women’s Day on the 8 March. It coincided with the campaign theme “Eliminate Violence Against Working Women” The day was observed by […]
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NIGERIA. "Nigeria: Abuja’s Booming ‘Market Bridges’." All Africa (March 02, 2013) by Amina Alhassan and Malikatu Mukaila INDIA. "Hawkers’ union plans rally on March 8." Hindustan Times (March 02, 2013) KENYA. "Kenyan Street Vendors Will Vote for Peace." Huffington Post (March 01, 2013) by Caroline Elliot BORNEO. "Move immediately to temporary site – SMC." The […]
