WCCA (World Class Cities for All) Campaign Statement on Dismissal of Nelspruit stadium construction workers
28 June 2008 StreetNet International, the international federation of street vendor organisations with over 300 000 members in 34 organisations in 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and leader of the World Class Cities for All (WCCA) Campaign: Notes with concern the unfair dismissal of more than 70 workers by the Mbombela Joint […]
Memorandum of grievances to the Metro Trading Company and to The City of Johannesburg Mayor Amos Masondo
23 April 2008 We the above mentioned organisation (One Voice of All Hawkers) representing hawkers who are trading here all over in Johannesburg have gathered to deliver our grievances to your offices. We live in a country that has more than 40% of our population unemployed and more than 50% living below the poverty line. […]
Statement by the Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) in support of the memorandum of demands by the One Voice Of All Hawkers Association (OVOHA)
23 April 2008 One Voice Of All Hawkers Association (OVOHA) will this week deliver a memorandum of demands (pasted below) to the Johannesburg mayor. The Anti Privatisation Forum identifies with the struggle by hawkers to find a future in this city that is hostile to the poor. As much as the APF is waging struggles […]
Cape Town: Mitchells Plain police hit at traders again
18 March 2008 March 18 2008 at 05:30PM – "For the second time in five days, Mitchell’s Plain police on Monday raided stalls in the town centre shopping district." …"The latest raid comes after a tense stand-off between informal traders and police last Thursday when police allegedly stormed the area and assaulted traders, including a […]
Durban – WCCA Campaign calls meeting to mark 16-Days of No Violence Against women
9 December 2009 Women informal traders filled Justice Hall to listen and share concerns on the issue of violence against women and the need for health and safety in the informal work places such as markets and pavements where they work. The need to organise so that workplaces are free from all forms of sexual […]
NASVI takes World Class Cities for All Campaign to people of India
5 December 2010 Making world class cities become buzzing word in India. Almost every city is preparing itself to build the world class cities to enter into competition with each other. In India, there are four important metropolises namely Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta and Chennai. These cities are preparing themselves as world class city to change […]
NASVI takes World Class Cities for All Campaign to people of India
5 December 2010 Making world class cities become buzzing word in India. Almost every city is preparing itself to build the world class cities to enter into competition with each other. In India, there are four important metropolises namely Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta and Chennai. These cities are preparing themselves as world class city to change […]
EMMSG Update – Campaign Against Abuse of Women and Children
14 December 2009 Tomorrow, 15th December 2009, Women in Action (WIA) will assist the stallholders and workers of the Early Morning Market stage a theatrical-sketch (at the market) as part of the national campaign against the ongoing abuse of women and children in society. IA and the market community will also take the opportunity of […]
Durban – Warwick Early Morning Market celebrates 99 years and Campaign against women and child abuse
15 December 2009 The Early Morning Market celebrated 99 years today by lighting 99 lamps to mark the number of years the market has been in existence and the struggle this year to keep the market open against the efforts by the city to demolish it to build a multi-million shopping mall and taxi rank […]
Memorandum to Mike Mabuyakhulu
18 November 2009 Today a protest mass march was held by Street traders organisations and committees that do not support a Mall development in Warwick as the City is planning. Below is a copy of a memorundum that was presented to the MEC for the Economic and Tourism, Mike Mabuyakhulu. This memorundum was accepted and […]
