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Feature Publication
 We Are Workers Too! Organizing Home-Based Workers in the Global Economy
By Celia Mathers
The We Are Workers Too! manual aims to help home-based workers, no matter where in the world they are.
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Feature Article
 Mega-Events
Governments hosting international sporting events seek to advertise their host cities as “World Class Cities” which have modern-up-to-date infrastructure; and no visible poor people or social problems. Municipalities attempt to “clean up the streets” through slum clearance programmes, which often increase the numbers of homeless, and evict or relocate street vendors.
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Feature Urban Story
 Sibongile Makhanya:
Trading in Traditional Medicines
By Caroline Skinner
Before the Warwick Junction Project, which gave street vendors in Durban an infrastructure
providing shelter and basic amenities, Sibongile Makhanya traded in the streets in conditions which exposed her to high personal and professional risks. Now Sibongile has moved her business to a kiosk which gives her more security, income, and income potential.
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