Crisis Meeting – City of Johannesburg Officials and Street Traders to meet today
11 May 2012 An urgent meeting will be held at Metropolitan Center on May 11, 2 pm. It has been facilitated by the Johannesburg Economic Development Department between city officials and street trader leaders. The meeting takes place against a background of allegations of continued abuse of Johannesburg street traders by members of the Johannesburg […]
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TANZANIA. “Roasted Green Maize Curb Hunger in Dar.” AllAfrica.com (5 May 2012) by Jaffar Mjasiri SOUTH AFRICA. “City Hawkers Fight Back.” New Age Online (3 May 2012) INDIA. “VMC planning to create hawker zones.” The Hindu (2 May 2012) KENYA. “Hawkers Strike Gold with Curios.” The Standard (2 May 2012) by Patrick Kibet INDIA. “Street […]
Plundering and looting by Johannesburg Police continues unchecked
7 May 2012 SANTRA received an alert from informal traders in Lenasia indicating that twenty or more people dressed in Johannesburg Metro Police Department Uniforms had begun looting and plundering their stalls. No reciepts were issued for goods taken and witnesses had seen”several trucks were packed with goods”belonging to traders. This comes close on the […]
Street Traders and City of Johannesburg Officials to meet for a informal trading forum meeting
Over 100 Johannesburg street trader leaders and City of Johannesburg officials will meet on the 4 May. The meeting is understood to be a regular informal trading forum meeting. Given the recent crisis situation, particularly in Ivory Park and Lenasia where hawkers have become the victims of daily plundering and looting by members of a […]
International Workers Day and the Plight of Informal Workers
Above: Vendors at traffic lights and on the streets working hard to earn their daily living International Workers’ Day, the First of May, is a celebration of the Global Workers’ Movement. For other work sectors, it is a day for the struggle for rights which have yet to be obtained eg street vendors or self-employed […]
"Protest to be held as Informal traders are forced to contribute a higher percentage of their earnings than formal workers, who earn more" – FUTRAND
On Tuesday, April 24, it was announced in the press that all informal traders including women over the age of 55, and men over 60, would receive an old-age pension, whether or not they had contributed to Social Security. Without doubt, this is very good news, as it is another right acquired because citizens work […]
"Care about the poor not just the profits" – Informal traders from Brazil urge FIFA
On the occasion of International Workers’ Day, CUT-Brazil, StreetNet International and the Gaspar Garcia Centre for Human Rights calls on FIFA to keep its promise to identify "constructive" approaches to urban trading during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil Writing on the occasion of 1st May, StreetNet International, CUT –Brazil and the Gaspar Garcia Centre […]
Honduras to celebrate International Labour Day
Honduras is preparing to celebrate a unified International Labour Day on May 1. Various activities will take place before the first of May, coordination meetings, nomination of commissions, manufacturing of mantas, placards alluding to the subject of the celebration and protests against the abuse of human rights, the high cost of living, lack of employment […]
World Class Cities for All Campaign Research Report in Brazil
StreetNet International has published a report about informal traders’ organisations in the 12 host cities of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. This report documents the quagmire of conflicting regulations and licenses that informal traders confront and the lack of interest or outright hostility of Municipal authorities towards their situation. “It is apparent that the […]
Togo: FAINATRASIT and Syvemacot New Manifesto Campaign
The New Manifesto campaign in Togo was organised by the two affiliates, SYVEMACOT and FAINATRASIT and was an opportunity for trade union leaders to survey markets in some of the poorest areas of the interior of the country. Markets visited included those in Assivito, Attikpodi, Adodessewa, Nukafu, Adidogomoe and Assiyeye. The survey revealed that market […]
