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Abstract
Informal sector trading is re‐examined five years after initial investigations in Soweto. Structural changes in informal trading are manifestations of rising unemployment in the formal economy. More important is the widening differentiation between business enterprises at the apex of the informal spectrum with substantial turnover and employment opportunities through to most informal enterprises operating at ‘survival’ levels. These results confirm the domination of the laws of supply and demand in informal trading and emphasize the free market character of the sector.
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Lecturer, Department of Geography, Vista University, Soweto