Laura Alfers & Phumzile Xulu Over the last few months, Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) has been working with its partners, Women in Informal Employment: Globalising and Organising (WIEGO) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (UKZN DOEH), to run health assessments together with various trader organisations in Warwick Junction. Over the course … Read more
Tasmi Quazi The first and second in the four series article presented our work in the fields of “design” and “urban intelligence” respectively. The third in the series will reflect on our work in the field of “advocacy”. Within “advocacy”, Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) works to include the voices of informal workers in urban decision making … Read more
Tasmi Quazi The first in the four series article presented our work in the field of design. The second in the series will reflect on our work in the field of research, or what we call “urban intelligence”. Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) works to deepen knowledge on the informal economy (i.e. street traders, waste pickers etc.) … Read more
Richard Dobson & Tasmi Quazi In the course of Asiye eTafuleni (AeT) implementing its project based work, we have been conscious of the hardships that confiscations and other punitive actions by enforcement officials place on informal workers. One such event that emerged was the case of John Makwicana, a legally compliant trader in all aspects … Read more
Tasmi Quazi Asiye eTafuleni’s (AeT) award-winning approach involves work in the following areas; design, urban intelligence, education and advocacy. Emanating from these key themes are projects, programmes and activities. This four-series article will elaborate some current examples being carried forward into 2015. The first in the series will reflect on our work in the area … Read more
