Browsing by Subject "Informal traders"
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Informality disallowed: State restrictions on informal traders and micro-enterprises in Browns farm, Cape Town, South Africa
(Pan-African University Press, 2019)This chapter examines the impact of regulations and law enforcement on the economic activities of informal traders and micro-entrepreneurs in marginalised communities on the urban periphery. Our case site is Browns Farm, ... -
What price cheap goods? Survivalists, informalists and competition in the township retail grocery trade
(PLAAS, 2019-08-31)About 54% of South Africa’s township microenterprises trade in food or drink. More than two-thirds of these are grocery retail businesses in the form of spaza shops and smaller ‘house shops’. These are the predominant ...