Street traders play an important role in tourism in South Africa. They provide affordable goods to tourists while generating ...

Street traders play an important role in tourism in South Africa. They provide affordable goods to tourists while generating employment for others. Some even source products locally, such as beadwork, ...

Most of these traders are migrants from outside South Africa. On arriving in the country, many enter the informal economy to make a living. Often this involves taking up self-employed ...

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: massive regional economic repair.

By supporting informal traders, particularly migrants, South Africa can enhance the sustainability of its tourism sector. This support could take various forms: Policy recognition : Acknowledging ...

Where Informal Trade is being restricted due to its creating a ‘nuisance', it poses questions of how we are balancing the subjective nature of creating a nuisance with job creation that attempts to ...