South Africa: Regulation of Informal Trade in Johannesburg in Disarray, Report Says

30 September 2015

Report concludes that there is considerable scope for the City to improve the management of informal trade, and that any restriction or prohibition on trade is likely to negatively affect the way that traders make a living as it undermines the benefits that traders derive from permanence.

Today the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) releases a new research report. The report, entitled 'The End of the Street?' Informal Traders' Experiences of Rights and Regulations in Inner City Johannesburg, documents the realities of informal trade, and the ways in which it is regulated, in Johannesburg's inner city.

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