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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"street traders"”.
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Assessing coping strategies of female street traders during COVID-19 in the City of UMhlathuze, Kwa-Zulu Natal.
… social actors, a majority of these being women. Street traders are susceptible to, among others, socio economic shocks, crime, and income irregularity. This means in the case of a disturbance to normal operations; street traders must adapt to ensure that they retain their livelihoods. Against …
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Present and Active: Unpacking The Negotiated Logics of Container Street Traders in the Governance of a Ghanaian city
… addresses a gap in contemporary scholarship on street trading and its governance in Ghanaian cities which predominantly focuses on the exclusionary policies that limit and, in some instances, aim to eliminate street trading. Container street traders play critical roles in the everyday governance …
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Re-Connecting: a redevelopment of the Wynberg Precinct
… generated the opportunities for informal traders - street traders - to appropriate open spaces and street edges within the precinct to develop their micro enterprises. Associated together, the transport interchange, the street traders and commuters, had overtime shaped the character of the …
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Encountering city governance: an analysis of street trading in Gaborone, Botswana
… to the realities of the informal economy. Street trading provides a critical platform to explore the dynamics and complexity of planning and management of informal activities in public spaces. This research explored how city governance shapes the practices of informal street trading in …
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Caring biographies : qualitative explorations of South African informal sector workers' gendered subjectivities of care
… of informal sector workers, particularly street traders, as they balance work and caregiving responsibilities. Focusing on 20 street traders (10 women and 10 men) in rural Venda, South Africa, the research aims to understand the historical, cultural, and structural factors influencing …
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Women's experiences of street trading in Cape Town and its impact on their well-being
Street trading forms a large subsection of South Africa's informal economic activity, creating opportunity for self-employment and sustaining livelihoods (Mitullah, 2003; Skinner, 2008). Yet, street traders face various barriers including societal marginalization and pervasive poverty, threatening …
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Assessing the implications of local governance on street trading: a case of Cape Town's inner city
… of major cities and with it an increase in street trade which is recognised under the Business Act No. 76 of 1991. However, many authors have argued that street trade is still restricted in urban centres and remains marginalised due to the restrictive governance approaches adopted by local …
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A battle for access to the streets of a "World-Class African City": Assessing the challenges facing the City of Johannesburg in the management of street trading in the inner-city
… by the City of Johannesburg in the management of street trading in Johannesburg's inner-city. Street trading is very important as it constitutes a great proportion of the informal sector in South Africa, and it plays a great role in the alleviation of poverty and unemployment. Government …
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‘Asihlali Phantsi!': a study of agency among isiXhosa-speaking women traders in a Cape Town township
This study examined how isiXhosa-speaking women street traders in Cape Town's Langa Township exercised agency in responding to similar structural constraints and opportunities that affected their livelihoods. Drawing on Giddens's Structuration Theory and Sen's Capabilities Approach, I unpacked and …
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At Limbe, Malawi: Space-placemaking through the integration of street trading practices
… the current contestation and attitude towards street traders in the global south. It proposes a paradigm shift in the approaches that seek to exclude and marginalise street trading practices from cities, arguing that these practices should co-exist with what is regarded as formal. It suggests …
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Conundrums of food governance in South African metropoles
… present problematic food environments, while street traders make healthier options more accessible. Although the key role of poverty highlights the need for interventions beyond food systems, the paper argues that food environments are an appropriate target for governance. Legibilising …
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Space, place and belonging: informal trading in and around Congolenses market, Luanda, Angola
… the interplay between government, informal street traders and the public in and around the Congolenses marketplace in Luanda, Angola. The nation was ravaged by 27 years of civil war until 2002. During this time, most of the city made use of extensive systems of informal provisioning to …
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The relationship between urban food security, supermarket expansion and urban planning and policy in the City of Cape Town: a case of the Langa Junction Mini Mall
… manager, the Langa Shoprite manager, informal street traders around the Langa Junction Mini Mall and City of Cape Town land use and spatial planners, as well as three focus groups conducted with Langa residents was conducted. The research findings show that supermarket expansion in Langa has …
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The Emotional Logic of Participation in Intergroup Violence
… of an instrumental pathway to participation: street traders, who compete with foreign traders for customers, show an increased likelihood of taking part in future violence, but only when they are also exposed to the social pressures produced by attendance at community policing meetings. …
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The right to a 'world class city'?: street trading, public space and urban governance in the Cape Town city centre
There is a long history of street trading restriction in South Africa, and the relocation of traders from key public spaces in Cape Town, in connection with renovation and construction for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, highlighted the contested nature of street trading in the Cape Town city centre. The …
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Your Mess, My Life: The Junction between Land Use Planning and Street Vending in the Accra Mall Enclave
… outlaw informality, be it economic, such as, street trading or housing, such as, slums. This has led to the marginalisation of the urban poor, who make up the majority of urban dwellers. Consequently, the masses invent ways to survive in the city and thus reshape the materiality of urban …