Street Traders

Dr. Ercüment Celik

doi:10.5771/9783845225005

Summary

How much did the transition from apartheid to post-apartheid change the lives of the 'truly disadvantaged' in South Africa? How do these people struggle against their marginalisation and exclusion in the post-apartheid era? This book seeks answers by exploring the new democratic street trader organisations, the shack-dwellers' movement, their relations with trade unions and their alliance in the 'World Class Cities For All' campaign on the way to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The author explains how the mobilisation of street traders' struggles inadvertently brought together social movements with trade unions, emphatically signalling the potential reactivation of 'social movement unionism' in contemporary South Africa.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-5721-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-2500-5
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Nomos Universitätsschriften - Soziologie
Volume: 13
Language: English
Pages: 294
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 4
Acknowledgements No access Pages 5 - 10
Illustrations No access Pages 11 - 12
List of Abbreviations No access Pages 13 - 16
Introduction No access Pages 17 - 24
1. 1. 1. The Question of Marginality and the Marginalised Labour Force No access
    2. Three Major Zones within the World of Work No access
  2. Rethinking Social Movement Unionism No access Pages 39 - 47
  3. Visiting Social Movement Theories No access Pages 47 - 54
1. 1. 1. The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) No access
    2. South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) No access
    3. Durban Strikes and the Emergence of Independent Trade Unions No access
    4. Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU) No access
    5. Trade Union Unity and the Formation of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) No access
    6. Linking the Workplace with the Community No access
    7. Summary No access
  2. 1. Unions’ Role in Political Democratisation and Economic Liberalisation No access
    2. Privatisation, Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and ‘Labour Capitalism’ No access
    3. The Reflections of Workplace Change on the Unions No access
    4. Summary No access
2. 1. Emergence of Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa No access Pages 74 - 79
  2. COSATU’s Approach to Post-Apartheid Social Movements No access Pages 79 - 83
3. 1. From Apartheid to Post-Apartheid No access Pages 83 - 88
  2. The State of Street Trading Under Current Policies No access Pages 88 - 92
  3. COSATU’s Approach to Organising Informal Workers No access Pages 92 - 94
  4. Summary No access Pages 94 - 96
1. 1. 1. 1. Structure No access
      2. Grievances of Street Traders in Phoenix No access
      3. A Constitutional Challenge to the Municipality No access
      4. Victimisation of the PPSTA Chairperson No access
    2. 1. History No access
      2. Structure No access
      3. Grievances of Street Barbers No access
      4. Siyagunda as the Voice of Refugees No access
    3. 1. History No access
      2. Structure No access
      3. Grievances of the Eye Traders No access
  2. 1. Background No access
    2. Forming a Strong Democratic Mandated Alternative to ITMB No access
    3. Achieving a Democratic Forum of Negotiation and Dialogue No access
    4. Democratic Street Traders’ Organisations Stepping in the Boycott of Rents Increases No access
    5. State of Chaos and Street Wars in Durban No access
    6. The Launch of Sisonke Traders’ Alliance No access
1. 1. 1. StreetNet’s Developing Cooperation with Trade Unions and Social Movements No access
    2. Developing Collective Bargaining, Law and Litigation Strategies for Street Traders No access
    3. StreetNet’s Activities in Durban No access
  2. 1. The SACP’s Approach to Informal Work in ‘Second Economy’ Debates No access
    2. The SACP’s Engagement with Street Traders No access
    3. An Informal Division of Labour within the Tripartite Alliance? No access
1. 1. The Emergence and Rise of the Shack Dwellers’ Movement in Durban No access Pages 165 - 173
  2. Developing Democratic Structures of Their Own No access Pages 173 - 177
  3. Opportunities and Challenges for Trade Union Cooperation No access Pages 177 - 184
  4. Incorporating Street Traders with the Shack Dwellers’ Movement No access Pages 184 - 187
  5. Building Collective Struggles and the “World Class Cities for All” (WCCA) Campaign No access Pages 187 - 190
1. 1. StreetNet Leading the WCCA Campaign No access Pages 191 - 203
  2. Growing Solidarity Between Street Traders, Trade Unions and Social Movements Through the Campaign Activities No access Pages 203 - 206
  3. 1. Negotiations with Municipalities No access
    2. 2010 NEDLAC Framework Agreement No access
  4. WCCA in Solidarity with Other Campaigns No access Pages 213 - 216
1. General Characteristics of Street Trading and Street Traders in Durban No access Pages 217 - 242
2. Street Traders in Their Communities No access Pages 242 - 253
3. Street Traders’ Awareness of Social Movements and Civic Organisations, and Their Perception on the WCCA Campaign No access Pages 253 - 262
1. 1. Integrating Street Traders into the Social Movement Unionism (SMU) Approach No access
Conclusion No access Pages 271 - 278
Bibliography No access Pages 279 - 292
Appendix No access Pages 293 - 294