Donaldson, RonnieVan der Merwe, Izak2019-08-052019-08-051999Donaldson, R., & Van der Merwe, I. (1999). Deracialisation of urban business space: street traders in Pietersburg. Acta Academica, 31(1), 140-166.0587-2405 (print)2415-0479 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/11660/10259English: The 'invasion' of the CBD by informal entrepreneurs signalled the first visible phase of the informal process of deracialisation of business space. A clear distinction between deracialisation and desegregation processes relating to urban residential space has been made by Saff (1994). This paper will apply this distinction to business space, using the secondary city of Pietersburg as a case study of two manifestations of policy concerning business space: processes of urban race-space restructuring and street trading as an example of the deracialisation process of urban development within the context of the response of the restructured democratic local authority.Afrikaans: Die 'inname' van die SSK deur informele entrepreneurs het die eerste fase van sigbare derasialisasie van besigheidsruimte as 'n informele proses beklemtoon. 'n Duidelike onderskeid tussen derasialisasie- en desegregasieprossese in stedelike-residensiële ruimte is getref deur Saff (1994). Hierdie artikel pas die onderskeid toe op besigheidsruimte met Pietersburg as gevallestudie. Twee manifestasies van handelsruimte word bespreek: besigheidsruimteprossese van stedelike ras-ruimte herstrukturering, en straathandel as 'n voorbeeld van die derasialisasieproses van stedelike ontwikkeling binne die konteks van 'n demokratiese plaaslike regering se reaksie daarop.enInformal entrepreneursStreet tradersDeracialisationArticleUniversity of the Free State