The city’s street trading management approach is mainly restrictive. Relocations, harassment and confiscation of of traders’ stock are common. By better understanding the politics and governance of ...

Midvaal officials unveil the newly constructed trading stalls, marking a major milestone in supporting informal traders. In efforts to empower informal traders and restore dignity to their daily ...

In one of those battles that is almost as regular as complaints that there was no spring this year, the City of Joburg is again at war with informal traders. It is trying to “regularise” people who ...

Johannesburg’s inner city is a bustling hub of economic life – a dense, dynamic web of informal traders, adjacent businesses and other users. Informal trading remains an essential survival strategy ...

Danielle Resnick received funding for this research from the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM), which is turn is supported by bilateral funding from Australia, ...

Eleven traders who were previously operating illegally, were issued legal trading permits. Photo: eThekwini Municipality ELEVEN informal traders who were previously operating illegally under the ...

The Johannesburg CBD, where the city is conducting an operation to remove informal traders who continue to operate without valid trading permits in the Johannesburg CBD on 6 November 2025. Picture: ...

Informal traders who have found themselves unable to trade despite valid trading permits following the City of Johannesburg's recent change to trading permits have slammed Mayor Dada Morero and his ...

The city has been removing informal traders who have been operating in undesignated areas without municipal approval, as part of its efforts to clean up the inner city. Informal traders protest ...

People from all walks of life once streamed onto De Villiers Street in the Johannesburg CBD to buy affordable, fashionable clothing. In an effort to clean up the streets and crack down on informal ...

Much of the region’s urban population works in the informal sector – many in wet markets and as street vendors – and depends on it for food, so lockdowns and other social distancing measures could ...

Informal traders in Marabastad have threatened to resist future City of Tshwane operations aimed at clamping down on businesses that are non-complaint with municipal by-laws. The Unified South African ...