The urban livelihoods of informal sector practitioners in Harare

dc.contributor.advisorMarais, J. G. L.en_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorDu Plessis, Lyndonen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTanyanyiwa, Vincent Itaien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-08T12:53:26Z
dc.date.available2023-12-08T12:53:26Z
dc.date.issued2023en_ZA
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph.D.(Development Studies))--University of the Free State, 2023en_ZA
dc.description.abstractStreet trading is critical for urban-based livelihoods, especially with increasing urbanisation and limited jobs in the formal sector. Vendingscapes are socioeconomically and politically contested lived-in spaces with repression and violent occurrences. Studies that look at street trading have tended to focus on the economic and monetary aspects of the sector. This study is unique because it investigates the value of the sustainable livelihoods approach, a framework commonly applied in rural contexts to explore street traders shaping their livelihoods within macroeconomic and regulatory uncertainties. The focus is on the lived experiences and responses to government brutality. The five sustainable livelihood approach tenets – the vulnerability context, assets, policies, institutions, processes (PIPs), livelihood strategies, and livelihood outcomes – were analysed from the street traders’ perspective. The study used a case study design with a qualitative approach. The data collection techniques included key informant interviews, semi-structured interviews to allow vendors to express their lived experiences, non-participant observation, systematic actions and behaviours measurement and archival data analysis, including policy analysis. Thematic data analysis occurred throughout the study, showing emerging patterns and relationships. The study concluded that street trading in Harare is thriving amid an intensifying everyday struggle. Vendors are becoming more uncertain and vulnerable as Zimbabwe sinks into socioeconomic turmoil due to foreign currency crises, increasing isolation, poverty, runaway inflation, tax evasion and unemployment, among many challenges that increase the vulnerability context and informality. Zimbabwe should enact informal sector-specific legislation as vendors show their agency by minimising the risks of arrest and confiscating goods. The study’s main contribution is a detailed analysis of vendors’ livelihood strategies that circumvent government brutality.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/12345
dc.publisherUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectCapabilityen_ZA
dc.subjectinformal sectoren_ZA
dc.subjectlivelihooden_ZA
dc.subjectsustainable livelihoods approachen_ZA
dc.subjectsustainable livelihoods frameworken_ZA
dc.subjectvendoren_ZA
dc.titleThe urban livelihoods of informal sector practitioners in Harareen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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