Street trade

As South Africa's unemployment lines keep growing in its first post-apartheid recession, Johannesburg's downtown sidewalks are increasingly crowded with street vendors hawking their wares.
Unlike many African cities, where curbside hawkers form part of life's daily rhythm, South Africa tends to frown on street vendors in favor of its ever-expanding mall culture and efforts to create more formal employment.
Informal trading is seen as a sign of underdevelopment and primitive-a sign of weakness, but with unemployment swelling to 23,6% in recent statistics, this is our present and our future.