Women Dominate Informal Sector -Survey

Monday, November 24, 2008

The majority of businesses operating in the informal sector are managed by women, accounting for 67.6 percent with most of them operating from owner's homes or along the roads.The results of the 2007 Informal Sector Survey (ISS) indicate that 54.2 percent of informal business operators have secondary school education.

The results, released last week at Phakalane Golf Estate, show that the majority of informal sector businesses are in cities, towns and urban areas, adding that the major challenge facing the sector operators is non-payment for goods and services supplied to customers on credit.

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