working in warwick ch 1

8/12/2019 Working in Warwick Ch 1

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2. Fresh produce

Down from the formal shops, towards Warwick Avenue6,

are trucks piled high with fresh mealies (corn on the

cob). They are bought by the vegetable traders and

particularly by the sellers of cooked mealies who turn

over R1 million a week providing commuters with a hot

pick-up-and-go snack. (See Chapter 3 for more about

this trade.)

The taxi ranks that line the three busy roads

intersecting here make this an ideal spot to attract

customers with limited incomes who are hurrying

through to catch their transport. Produce is presented

in small piles for the convenience of those who do not

have refrigeration at home and who must squeeze into

a crowded taxi.

As in other areas of Warwick, small fresh produce

traders are amongst the poorest. Most of th em are womenwho can take their produce back to their households if

it is not sold. There are no shelters or trading counters

along these pavements, but painted squares outline

individual sites. For hygienic reasons traders who do

bring tables onto their sites must cover them with thick

plastic and they must be able to fold them away at

night so the pavements can be cleaned. A carpenter in

Warwick supplies benches and fold-away tables: just

one example of the employment opportunities generated

by these activities.

The importance of indicating individual trading

sites authorising traders to use the space for themselves

was brought home to the Project team by a delegation

of street traders from Kenya which visited Durban. A

woman asked, Do these lines allow a tr ader to conduct

her business here? When she was told that they did,

she bent down and stroked the lines with her hand.

The stalls are colourful, the produce is inviting,

and the women are friendly, but the daily grind of this

work should be recognised. The women must estimate

how much produce they need for the day so that notmuch is left over, buy the produce, run their stalls,

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This is an example of a facility designed specifically for one activity.

Before the intervention of the Project team the heads had been

boiled on fires along the pavements. Water and grease was going

into storm water drains and endangering Durbans recreational

water. The diagram shows the cooking cubicles, serving tables

and drain running between the two.

The bovine head cooks contribute to a number of employment

opportunities in Warwick. In addition to the porters, other service

suppliers include water bailiffs, cooks assistants who skin the

meat and cut it off the bone, and a paraffin (kerosene) supplier.

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Sketch design of the Bovine Head Market


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Formal and informal retailers in the Grey Street area

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