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Informal traders demand recognition

Thursday, 14 July 2016, 08:38
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Informal traders demand recognition
The South African Informal Traders Alliance says those working in the informal sector should be acknowledged as valuable contributors to the country’s economy.
BUSINESS NEWS - The South African Informal Traders Alliance says those working in the informal sector should be acknowledged as valuable contributors to the country’s economy.

The organisation led a series of protests marches across the country yesterday, including one in Cape Town.

The alliance’s, Rosheda Muller, says the need for social security for informal traders is among their top priorities.

"If the young woman gets pregnant while she’s trading there’s no maternity benefit for, we do not have what formal business has, and we’re demanding that local provincial and national government give us the same privileges and rights that the formal business sector has."
 

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