Market vs Mall
29 March 2009 Testimonies of the historical Early Morning Market traders about their feeling with regards to their eviction scheduled on the 6th April 2009. Dala Doung (Youtube) Shopping mall vs market video Video on the struggle by market traders to save the Warwick Market in Durban South Africa to make way for a shopping […]
“Bay traders take to the streets over `harassment by MBDA`”
25 March 2010 Eastern Province Herald (with video feature), 25th March 2010: Video footage of march by street traders in Port Elizabeth South Africa ABOUT 8000 street traders marched in Port Elizabeth yesterday to hand a petition to Mayor Zanoxolo Wayile, alleging they had been manhandled and harassed by the Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA)…
Fair Games – Fair Play: Die Bilanz (V1)
15 March 2010 Fair Games – Fair Play: Die Bilanz (V1)(Youtube) Video on the BWI Campaign Fair Games – Fair Play and the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
NASVI India street vendors hurt in Delhi HIgh Court blast
The National Association of Street Vendors of India reports that 8 street vendors were hurt in the blast that hit Delhi High Court on September 7th. 70 street vendors were due to attend court that day supported by NASVI to protest against their eviction from Sarojini Nagar and Shahdara markets. They were filing for a […]
Worker Education Material
Education Materials for Informal Economy Workers: Number 1: Recruiting Informal Workers into Democratic Workers’ Organisations Number 2: Building and Maintaining a Democratic Organisation of Informal Workers Number 3: Handling the Day-to-Day Problems of Informal Workers Number 4: Collective Negotiations for Informal Workers Number 5: Handling Disputes Between Informal Workers and those in Power Number 6: […]
Too busy clearing the streets of vendors to finalise the Commonwealth Games infrastructure
3 October 2010 "The Government of India is busy making the lives of New Delhi`s poorest communities that much harder instead of giving priority to completing the infrastructure preparations for the Games. There are at least 350,000 street vendors in New Delhi. How can you clear them off the streets? What is the rational in […]
Our challenge to the Ethekwini Municipality:
7 November 2006 Make Durban a World Class City for All In the run-up to the Fifa World Cup in 2010 It has become a predictable reality that, when a country prepares to host a high-profile international event, the country and its local government authorities prepare to create “World Class Cities” of a particular type, […]
Durban street trader organisations demand a halt to harassment and evictions
21 November 2006 Informal trade organisations are planning to march from Botha`s Garden (opposite Durban Christian Centre, Berea Rd) to City Hall on Tuesday 21st November 2006 at 10 am to demand a moratorium on police crackdowns against street traders until the review of the Ethekwini Municipality`s policy on informal trade is complete. The Eye […]
Invitation to Ethekwini Municipality to join World Class City Campaign and engage in consultative processes in the lead up to the World Cup
21 November 2006 The Eye Traders`, Siyagunda and Phoenix Plaza Traders` Association demand the city consult with street trader organisations about the issues that affect their day-to-day efforts to earn an honest living and request negotiation and dialogue with the municipality. The organisations challenged the Ethekwini Municipality to join the World Class Cities for All […]
Durban – Where are Durban`s street children?
22 November 2007 By Sharlene Packree and Heinz de Boer (This article was originally published on page 1 of The Daily News on November 22, 2007) "Durban`s usually bustling street child colonies have all but disappeared from the city after what is believed to be a major police crackdown ahead of this week`s Fifa preliminary […]
