Opportunities and constraints facing informal street traders: Evidence from four South African cities

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Date
2011
Authors
Willemse, Lodene
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Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State
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English: A small income and the limited ability of the government and the formal business sector to provide sufficient employment opportunities to people in the economically active age categories are two of the main reasons for informal trading in South African cities. As a result, the informal street trading sector plays an important role in providing a security net for millions of the unemployed in the South African economy. However, informal street trading is not without problems. The aim of this article is to report on some of the opportunities and constraints faced by informal street traders in the central business districts (CBDs) of the four main metropolitan areas of South Africa.
Afrikaans: ‘n Klein inkomste en die beperkte vermoë van die regering en die formele ekonomiese sektor om voldoende werksgeleenthede te skep vir mense in die ekonomiese aktiewe kategorie van die land se bevolking is twee van die hoofoorsake vir die bestaan van die informele ekonomiese sektor in Suid-Afrikaanse stede. Gevolglik voorsien die sektor van informele straathandel ‘n sekuriteitsnet aan baie mense wat andersins werkloos sou wees. Hoewel dit werk aan miljoene mense verskaf is informele straathandel nie sonder probleme nie. Die doel van hierdie artikel is om verslag te doen oor die geleenthede en beperkings wat deur informele straathandelaars in die sentrale sakekerne (SSKs) van die vier groot metropolitaanse gebiede van Suid-Afrika ondervind word.
SeSotho: Tjhelete e nyenyane e kenang le bokgoni bo tlhaelang ba mmuso le ba kgwebo e molaong ho fana ka menyetla e lekaneng ya mosebetsi ho batho sehlopheng sa ba dilemong tsa ho ka sebetsa ho tsa moruo ho na le mabaka a mabedi a maholo a bahwebi ba seng molaong metsemeholo ya Afrika Borwa. Ka baka leo, lefapha la bahwebi ba mebileng ba seng molaong le entse mosebetsi wa bohlokwa ka ho fana ka tshireletso ho dimiliyone tsa batho ba sa sebetseng moruong wa Afrika Borwa. Le ha ho le jwalo, kgwebo ya mebileng ha ho bolele hore ha e na mathata. Sepheopheo sa ditaba tsena ke ho etswa pehelo ka menyetla e meng le dithibelo tse tjametseng bahwebi ba mebileng ba seng molaong ka hara ditsi tsa dibaka tsa metsemeholo ya Afrika Borwa.
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Street traders, Informal sector
Citation
Willemse, L. (2011). Opportunities and constraints facing informal street traders: Evidence from four South African cities. Town and Regional Planning, 59, 7-15.