Durban: “Questions over cops seizing traders` goods”, The Mercury, Kamini Padayachee
7 May 2010 The Durban Legal Resources Centre has questioned the practice of metro police confiscating traders` goods. This comes after Nomusa Ngema, of Umgababa on the South Coast, was charged in March for trading illegally and had her bundle of clothing she had been carrying on her head confiscated. Ngema, who works as a […]
“Who`s Feeling It? : Informal traders and the World Cup”, by Jennifer Elle Lewis, Gender Links
17 May 2010, Gauteng "As the whole country gears up for the quickly approaching World Cup 2010, not everyone is happy. Informal traders are waiting for a response this week from FIFA to demands made last week at a demonstration outside "Soccer City" protesting their exclusion from World Cup commerce. In the shadow of the […]
Women street traders talk about the FIFA World Cup
26 May 2010 A series of interviews was done in Nelson Mandela Bay by Maria Hedman, intern with StreetNet International. The interviews are part of the World Class Cities for All Campaign (WCCA) organised by Streetnet International. The WCCA campaign is concerned that vendors are not getting a fair deal out of the World Cup. […]
Renowned world leaders Mary Robinson and Ela Bhat call on FIFA President to support StreetNet demands
27 May 2010 StreetNet International/World Class Cities For ALL Campaign Writing to the FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, on the occasion of All Africa Day, Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Ela Bhat, founder of the Self-Employed Women`s Association, strongly commend the proposals developed by Streetnet International, through their World Class […]
Rustenburg municipality fails in bid to remove the informal traders in Rustenburg from the streets
31 May 2010 WCCA Campaign organiser Paul Shambira reports that: Rustenburg municipality has lost their bid to remove the informal traders in Rustenburg from the streets after the court told them that it was illegal. The court order of 2007 bought by informal traders against municipality to stop their removal is still in force. For […]
Street and market trader leaders from Tanzania and Malawi to address Anti-Xenophobia Workshop in Johannesburg
26 March 2010 “We are demanding the inclusion of the urban poor in the preparations and plans for the World Cup FIFA Games being hosted in South Africa during June and July 2010,” Nkosinathi Jikeka said today on the occasion of the second of a series of events held by the WCCA Campaign to call […]
Abahlali baseMjondolo PressThe notorious Michael Sutcliffe continues to launch illegal attacks on our basic democratic rights
19 March 2010 He has now given in to our pressure and removed his illegal ban on our right to march but he has issued a permit that only allows us to march from Botha Park to Albert Park. Our march on Jacob Zuma, scheduled for 22 March 2010, was planned to go from Botha […]
International Women`s Day Workshop on Counting the Costs of FIFA World Cup to Informal Economy Women.
8 March 2010 Demands to the Ethekwini Municipality We demand that the City clarifies the situation of informal trading at stadium after the World Cup, especially for those women traders who depend on match days to put food on table for their families. We demand that the city respond to the national government that recognises […]
Traders Evicted in Mitchells Plain Town Centre
8 March 2010 Today in Mitchells Plain Town Centre, Traders were evicted, goods were confiscated, trading bays demolished and livelihoods shattered. The Town Centre was lined with police and law enforcement vehicles as Traders non-violently protested as they watched their goods get thrown into dumpsters. Over 100 police and law enforcement officers were on the […]
International Women`s Day forum to count costs of FIFA 2010 Games
5 March 2010 The World Class Cities For ALL (WCCA) Campaign and partner organisations in Durban are holding a workshop to celebrate International Women`s Day on 8th March 2010 at the Cane Growers Hall, ML Sultan Technikon campus of Durban University of Technology, Greyville. “Women have had to fight hard for equality on the `playing […]
