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“I would rather have a decent job”: Potential barriers preventing street-waste pickers from improving their socio-economic conditions
(AOSIS, 2016)
As a result of the high levels of unemployment in South Africa, many unskilled people are forced to resort to
a variety of income-generating activities in the informal economy. The activity of collecting and selling
recyclables ...
Enabling factors for the existence of waste pickers: A systematic review
(2016)
The paper reports on a systematic review research process to determine the enabling factors for waste pickers to operate in the
informal economy in South Africa. Twenty-eight South African journal articles, theses and ...
Double whammy wicked: street vendors and littering in Mankweng township and Paarl, South Africa—towards people‑centred urban governance
(Urban forum, 2022)
The article probes the complexity of dealing with two interrelated wicked prob lems, namely informal, self-employed street vendors, and their experiences of lit tering. This paper describes the themes that emerged from 92 ...