A Census of Street Vendors in eThekwini Municipality Final Consolidated Report Submitted to: StreetNet International, Durban 30 September 2010 A Census of Street Vendors in eThekwini Municipality Final Consolidated Report Submitted to: StreetNet International, Durban Submitted by: Reform Development Consulting Authors: Jesse McConnell (Director – RDC), Amy Hixon (Researcher – RDC), Christy McConnell (Senior Researcher – RDC) Contributors: Gabrielle Wills (Research Associate – RDC), Godwin Dube (Research Associate – RDC) Project Advisory Committee: Sally Roever, Sector Specialist: Street Trading – WIEGO Caroline Skinner, Urban Policies Programme Director – WIEGO; Senior Researcher – African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town Richard Dobson – Asiye Etafuleni consultancy Patrick Ndlovu – Asiye Etafuleni consultancy Gaby Bikombo – StreetNet Winnie Mitullah – University of Nairobi Nancy Odendaal, Project Coordinator – Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS), African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town Reform Development Consulting 271 Cowey Road +27 (0)31 312 0314 Durban, 4001 [email protected] South Africa www.reformdevelopment.org Consolidated Census Report Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... VII 1. PREFACE ................................................................................................................................... 1 2. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 1 3. BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................................... 2 I. STREET VENDING IN DURBAN ............................................................................................................ 5 II . CENSUSES IN SOUTH AFRICA ............................................................................................................. 6 III . CONSIDERATIONS AND CHALLENGES IN METHODOLOGY ......................................................................... 6 4. CENSUS METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 9 I. DEMARCATION ............................................................................................................................... 9 II . STRATIFICATION ........................................................................................................................... 10 III . SAMPLING ................................................................................................................................... 13 IV . TIMING OF THE CENSUS ................................................................................................................. 15 5. FIELDWORK APPROACH ......................................................................................................... 15 I. DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................................ 15 II . PHASE I: POPULATION ESTIMATE ..................................................................................................... 16 III . PHASE II: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ................................................................................................... 17 IV . PHASE III: SECOND POPULATION ESTIMATE & SAMPLE SURVEY ............................................................. 17 V. DATABASE ................................................................................................................................... 18 6. CENSUS FINDINGS .................................................................................................................. 19 I. 1ST COUNT – PHASE I POPULATION ESTIMATE ................................................................................... 19 II . 2ND COUNT – PHASE III POPULATION ESTIMATE ................................................................................ 20 III . 3RD COUNT – PHASE III RE-COUNT ................................................................................................. 21 IV . VARIANCE ................................................................................................................................... 22 V. OUTCOME ................................................................................................................................... 24 VI . CONCLUSIONS .............................................................................................................................. 25 i| P a g e Consolidated Census Report 7. RESEARCH FINDINGS .............................................................................................................. 26 I. RESPONSE RATE ........................................................................................................................... 26 I. DEMOGRAPHICS ........................................................................................................................... 27 II . TRADING CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................................ 33 III . ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE .......................................................................................................... 41 IV . EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS ............................................................................................................... 42 V. DYNAMICS OF INFORMAL TRADING .................................................................................................. 45 VI . BUSINESS EXPENSES ...................................................................................................................... 47 VII . INCOME , TURNOVER , AND PROFIT ................................................................................................... 52 VIII . TRADING PERMITS ................................................................................................................... 60 IX . TRAINING & SUPPORT ................................................................................................................... 65 X. ORGANISATIONAL AFFILIATION ........................................................................................................ 67 XI . ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ............................................................................................................... 69 8. CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................................... 70 9. LESSONS LEARNT .................................................................................................................... 70 10. BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................................... 72 APPENDIX ........................................................................................................................................ 74 I. EA SAMPLE AREAS – PHASE I ......................................................................................................... 74 II . EA SAMPLE AREAS – PHASE III ....................................................................................................... 75 III . TRADER DENSITY – PHASE I ............................................................................................................ 76 IV . TRADER DENSITY – PHASE III .......................................................................................................... 77 V. ENUMERATION AREAS - COMPLETE LIST ............................................................................................ 78 VI . ENUMERATION AREAS -PHASE I ....................................................................................................... 88 VII . ENUMERATION AREAS - PHASE III .................................................................................................... 90 VIII . ENUMERATION AREAS - PHASE III B- RECOUNT ............................................................................... 92 IX . POPULATION OBSERVATION SHEET – PHASE I .................................................................................... 93 X. POPULATION OBSERVATION SHEET - PHASE III B .................................................................................. 94 ii | P a g e Consolidated Census Report XI . CHARACTERISTICS KEY – PHASE I ..................................................................................................... 95 XII . SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE – PHASE III ................................................................................................. 97 XIII . LONG QUESTIONNAIRE – PHASE III .................................................................................................. 99 XIV . PHASE 1 ESTIMATE TABLE ....................................................................................................... 103 XV . PHASE III ESTIMATE TABLE ........................................................................................................... 104 XVI . PHASE III B ESTIMATE TABLE ..................................................................................................... 105 iii | P a g e Consolidated Census Report List of Figures Figure 1: Typology of Street Vendors .....................................................................................................