Traders

Immigrant traders see their livelihoods destroyed by March and March

The usually bustling bus station market at the Golden Arrow terminus in Bellville has been emptied by anti-immigrant protests.... Read more

11 Aug

Once a busy sidewalk with informal traders has become a ghost town in Kwathema’s White City as immigrant shop... Read more

19 Jun

Rose Mhlanga has been selling fruit and vegetables along Rissik Street in Joburg’s city centre for 30 years. She... Read more

24 Apr

Informal traders are expected to comply with “impossible” rules, argues the author. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks By David Jeffery... Read more

23 Jan

This is the undercover area where many of the informal traders work at the Kopanong market in Ivory Park,... Read more

9 Jun, 2025

Xolelwa Ndobe, a vegetable vendor since 2003, was recently told to close shop despite having a trading permit. Photos:... Read more

5 May, 2025

Cape Town – A group claiming to be concerned citizens attacked informal traders in Marabastad, Pretoria, on Monday and... Read more

21 Jun, 2023