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GHANA: "Hawkers Cash In On Mills’ Death" Daily Guide Ghana (August 9, 2012 ) MALAYSIA:"Independence Day Celebration Boosts Patriotism Among Hawkers In Petaling Street" Bernama (August 09, 2012 ) By Teh Mei Ching RWANDA:"Rwanda: City Market Traders Complain of Illegal Hawkers" All Africa (6 August 2012 G) By Jean d’Amour Mbonyinshuti KENYA: "Street families to […]
Women pinafore-sellers and informal traders protest against EThekwini Municipality for fair trading rights
8 August 2012 Commemorating Women`s Day, a march was held this Tuesday, against the City Council. This was done to speak out against the exorbitant prices charged by private business owners and to protest the rights of the informal traders. There is a call for the municipality to provide Street Vendors a decent place to […]
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ZAMBIA: "PF Declare Street Vending Legal as Petty Crime Rises in Lusaka" Zambia Reports (July 30, 2012) Posted by: Peter Adamu INDIA: "Law on vendors may get Cabinet nod today" The Asian Age (Aug 02, 2012) by Mukesh Ranjan INDIA: "Compulsory registration rule for all street vendors" Hindustan Times (July 29, 201) by Atul Mathur […]
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INDIA. “Zeroes Power BMC Nexus with Illegal Hawkers.” DNA (27 July 2012) by Geeta Desai INDIA. “Hawkers in Pune Demand Identity Cards.” Times of India (26 July 2012) ZAMBIA. “Vendors Continue Business on the Streets Despite Government Ultimatum.” Lusaka Times (24 July 2012) ARMENIA. “Tax Standoff: Traders in Charentsavan Stage Sit-In.” Armenia Now (24 July […]
Update on Street vendor evictions in Botshabelo
Update on Street vendor evictions in Botshabelo
Tanzania`s White elephant – When will we ever learn?
30 July 2012 The Dar es Salaam city authorities built the Machinga Business Complex with a loan from an investment bank, reputably worth 71 million USD. It was designed as a centre for small businesses. It is a disastrous white elephant – 3 large 5 storey buildings with cage like stalls in narrow ranks. Apart […]
SASEWA – Empowering Women Informal Workers
20 July 2012 SASEWA recently hosted a workshop for their members at the KwaDukuza Town hall. StreetNet International, a worker based organisation was also present to lend support to SASEWA. The South African Self-Employed Women’s Association(SASEWA) was founded in 2009 in KwaZulu Natal when there was a need for informal workers such as Street Vendors […]
New manifesto campaign to help improve working conditions of Street Vendors
13 July 2012 The StreetNet affiliate, the Tanzanian Union of Industrial and Commercial Workers (TUICO) has started to implement the New Manifesto campaign. The organisation has drafted a new policy on informal economy workers and set up a 10-person task force on the informal economy. TUICO has identified 12 markets which will be surveyed for […]
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INDIA. “2,000 Vendors to Lose Biz Space on Eight Roads.” Daily Bhaskar (8 July 2012) GHANA. “CSOs Thwarting AMA’s Efforts to Enforce Law on Selling on Pavements.” Ghana News Agency (6 July 2012) INDIA. “Corporators to Identify Hawkers Zone.” Times of India (4 July 2012) LIBERIA. “Seeking Economic Survival, Vendors Flood Streets Again.” Daily Observer […]
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Vendors from Peru in South America and their counter parts from Malawi are embarking on a business co-operation that will enable the two sides to work on mechanisms that will improve their business in both countries. Read more…
