We investigate and identify challenges and opportunities for informal workers .
We recommend suitable ways in which transformation of informal workers can be accommodated in spatial development .
We provide training, advocacy, visibility and facilitate engagements with relevant stakeholders.
We collect data on the informal economy for evidence based advocacy and project implementation.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global crisis, unparalleled in history. The pandemic has brought shock to the overall economic stability and survival of informal workers as many remain economically and socially marginalized which weakens their voice and representation in decision-making processes that impact their livelihoods and wellbeing. Social protection systems must be implemented, it is critical that longer-term thinking about how income security may be achieved are a part of the response to the crisis. A creative collaboration between the government and organizations of informal workers is needed to advance this agenda.
Eveline Street market earmarked for renewal Martin Endjala At its last council meeting on 31 August, the Windhoek Municipality resolved to approve the upgrading of the Onghendambala Market for informal traders on erf 3222 on Eveline Street in the Goreangab residential area. The council approved a request by VISET Namibia, which received funding from the …
The informal sector traders are currently the biggest investors in the Namibian economy, accommodating at least 56% of the country’s workforce. This was revealed by Tangeni Shindondola, the director of the recently established Dynamic Informal Traders’ Association (Dita), on Friday. “This is the fastest-growing employment sector in the country, given massive retrenchments and lay-offs, and …
Violence on foreign traders condemned THE Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation have condemned the violence against foreign informal traders and the confiscation of their goods in Namibia and called on cooperation among vendors regardless of their nationality. In a statement issued by their spokesperson Luise Mwanyangapo yesterday, the organisation condemned the recent incident …
Traders association confiscates foreign vendors’ goods THE Native Small Traders Association at Katima Mulilo carried out an operation last week with local vendors to identify illegal foreign vendors and confiscated their goods as way of eliminating competition. The chairperson of the Native Small Traders Association (Nasta), Mulijani Simasiku, told The Namibian yesterday during an interview that they …
Creating spaces for the informal trader A street vendor is broadly defined as a person who offers goods or services for sale to the public without having a permanent built up structure but with a temporary static structure or mobile stall. Street vendors may be stationary by occupying space on the pavements or other public/private …
Creating spaces for The informal trader – Spatial Planning Norms and Demarcation of Vending Zones A street vendor is broadly defined as a person who offers goods or services for sale to the public without having a permanent built up structure but with a temporary static structure or mobile stall. Street vendors may be stationary …
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