Trading

City enforces hawking policy

JOBURG is 'committed to providing infrastructure and facilities for informal traders', a vital component in its economy and the means of survival for many of its citizens.

Joburg empowers informal traders

BASIC business skills are being taught to informal traders, equipping them with the means to grow their businesses.

The rise and rise of hawking in the city

SINCE she was retrenched by the airport company, where she worked as a cleaner, seven years ago, 40-year old Mmaphefo Moeng has been preparing and selling food from a gazebo inside the recently renovated taxi rank at the corner of Pim and Queen Streets in Newtown. She has an established client base - mainly taxi drivers - and makes enough money to take care of herself and her two children. She has never fallen foul of the law and knows where she can and cannot sell. "Only traders who obstruct pavements get arrested. It's fine here. I have access to water and electricity and I don't have to pay rent."

Traders taught business skills

Grow your Business is designed to improve the skills of informal traders, making them better, more successful business people.