Cape Town: UNITED GREEN POINT TRADERS ALLIANCE – Chaos as displaced street traders queue for permits
14 March 2009 The scene on Saturday 16h00 at Blackpool hall in shelly road Salt River resembled a food line at a UN compound in an impoverished African country. That people were forced to wait in queues in the sweltering heat for a chance to register was an injustice. That the registering authority (GPFTA) could […]
Johannesburg: World Class Cities FOR ALL Campaign partners meeting- Civil Society Organizations Gather in Johannesburg to Strategize for 2010
17-19 March 2009 By Laura Roberts, StreetNet International intern From March 17 to 19th, 2009 over 30 different civil society organizations gathered in Johannesburg for the National Campaign meeting of World Class Cities for All (WCCA), organised by StreetNet International. StreetNet`s WCCA Campaign exists to ensure that the FIFA World Cup 2010 is successful and […]
Cape Town: Cape Town: United Green Point Traders Alliance (UGPTA) protests the municipality has not played the game
14 February 2009 When the construction of the new 2010 stadium in Green point Cape Town, was underway the city under the leadership of the DA and ID, promised that all the current informal traders (at Green point market) would be given alternative accommodation to trade, and that when the 2010 soccer world cup was […]
Durban – Warwick Market vendors forced to relocate: Thousands of informal workers possibly affected
24 February 2009 By Laura Roberts, StreetNet International intern A long-awaited meeting organised by the local municipality of Durban on 18th February, 2009, called by the City Manager presented re-development plans that are being fast-tracked to meet deadlines linked to FIFA World Cup in 2010. The City Manager, Mike Sutcliffe, informed street vendors` associations about […]
Durban: Street Vendors` Protest Letter to eThekwini Municipality
7 January 2009 City Manager. Strategic Projects and 2010 Programme. Business Support. iTRUMP. Intersite. Warwick Junction Redevelopment Process We place on record our extreme concern that significant redevelopment of Warwick Junction is being considered without a meaningful process or consultation. This omission started in 2006 with the commissioning of the latest Warwick Junction Framework Plan […]
India: WCCA Campaign appeal to Commonwealth to review policies towards urban vendors during the Commonwealth Games to halt further evictions
25 June 2010 NASVI commenced the second phase of its World Class Cities for All Campaign n February 2010. The campaign is scheduled to end in August just before the start of the Commonwealth Games which take place in New Delhi in September. As in the case of South Africa, the sporting event has been […]
0.7% of the profits for urban development – a new goal for FIFA?
25 June 2010 “Why don`t FIFA and the South African Local Organising Committee set themselves a new goal? They should recognise their responsibility for the loss of income of street vendors and informal traders during the World Cup. At the very least, 0.7% of the profits from the World Cup should be channelled into development […]
World Class Cities for All Campaign moves to Brazil for the World Cup 2014
19 – 21 July 2010 The World Class Cities for All Campaign was officially passed onto the Coordination of Social Movements (CMS) and the CUT Brazil during the handover ceremony on July 20th in Port Elizabeth, in the presence of the Executive Mayor of Port Elizabeth, Zanoxolo Wayile. Pat Horn,on behalf of StreetNet International and […]
The Elders call for fair play for street vendors
http://www.theelders.org/media/news/fair-play-street-vendors Fair Play for Street Vendors Ela Bhatt 11 Jun 2010 | www.theElders.org Today, more than half of the global population lives in urban areas. In developing countries, the majority of the urban population is poor and ekes out a living by working in the informal economy. For the urban working poor, limited opportunities for […]
Rustenburg informal traders defend their right to trade during FIFA World Cup in second round of battle with Municipality
4 June 2010 Street vendors in Rustenburg who earlier this week won a challenge against their eviction from the streets by the Rustenburg municipality were notified on Thursday that they must appear in the High Court in Mafikeng to respond to the Municipality again on Monday. World Class Cities For ALL (WCCA) Campaign organiser, Paul […]
