Abstract

Evidently, street trading has become entrenched in our urban space, livelihood support for many, but also poses a challenge to the urban landscape. Hence, the aim of the paper was to assess the benefits and the challenges that characterise street trading, and how they have informed the management approach towards street trading in Durban. The research adopted a mixed research approach to accomplish the research objectives. The survey revealed that the challenges (59.47% of the respondents) posed by street trading were greater than the benefits (57.43% of the respondents) posed by street trading. However, of all the perception indicators, street traders as a source of employment received the most favourable response. Out of the 308 respondents, 306, representing 99.35% agreed to the idea that street trading provides employment.

Keywords: Street trading, Inclusive management, Exclusive management