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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 …