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Cover illustration: Nikolay Pandev/getty images This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland Acknowledgements This work was supported by the South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Innovation and National Research Foundation of South Africa [grant number 64816]. v Contents 1 Introduction 1 Pranitha Maharaj 2 Migrants in the Informal Sector: What We Know So Far? 23 Shanaaz Dunn and Pranitha Maharaj 3 Hustling to Survive: Livelihood Strategies of Migrants 61 Sachin Sewpersad and Pranitha Maharaj 4 Escaping Poverty in Zimbabwe: Experiences of Informal Traders in South Africa 85 Emma S. Chikovore and Pranitha Maharaj 5 Innovation and Flexibility: Nigerian Women in Durban’s Informal Economy 107 Sunday I. Oyebamiji 6 Remittance Flow and Familial Relations in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic: Rethinking Social Ties During the Migration Period 131 Thebeth R. Masunda and Pranitha Maharaj vii viii Contents 7 No Protection, No Support: Older Migrants Operating in South Africa’s Informal Economy 159 Ganzamungu Zihindula, Pranitha Maharaj, and Shanaaz Dunn 8 Collaboration or Competition? The Relationship Between Locals and Migrants in the Informal Economy 183 Tronic Sithole and Pranitha Maharaj 9 Changes in Public Attitudes and Behaviour Towards International Migrants in South Africa During the COVID-19 Pandemic 211 Steven L. Gordon 10 The Inclusion of International Migrants in the Informal Economy: From Policy to Practice 237 Mamokete Modiba and Thobelani N. Mdluli Notes on Contributors Emma S. Chikovore is Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the South African Research Chair Initiative in Economic Development at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. She obtained her master’s and Ph.D. from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She has worked in non-governmental organisations (NGO) and research sectors, both in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Her research interests include adolescent sexual and reproductive health, the intersection between migration and gender, HIV and AIDS, family well-being, and social determinants of health. Shanaaz Dunn is a researcher at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. She has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology as well as a master’s and Ph.D. in Population Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her research interests are in the fields of demography and population studies, specifically family demography, migration, ageing populations, and sexual and reproductive health among the youth. ix x NotesonContributors Steven L. Gordon is Senior Research Specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) of South Africa where he is a member of the Developmental, Capable and Ethical State Programme. Dr. Gordon has worked with the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) at the HSRC since 2012. He has a doctorate from the University of KwaZulu- Natal (2016) as well as a master’s degree in Global Studies (2007) from the University of Freiburg and a master’s degree in Population Studies (2011) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Dr. Gordon is a Research Associate at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg. Pranitha Maharaj is Professor and South African Chair in Economic Development at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. She has obtained her Ph.D. from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Recently, she completed a five-year term as the editor-in-chief of the Southern African Journal of Demography. She has worked extensively in the field of demography and has published a number of articles on migrants in the informal economy. Thebeth R. Masunda is a lecturer in the Department of Commu- nity and Social Development at the University of Zimbabwe. She holds a bachelor’s and Honours in Community and Development Studies. She also has a master’s and Ph.D. in Development Studies which she obtained from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her research interests include migration and family studies, social and economic development, and education and development. As an academic, development practi- tioner and researcher she is also interested in the socio-economic welfare of marginalised groups in society. Thobelani N. Mdluli is a researcher and master’s candidate at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He attained his Bachelor of Social Work degree at the University of Zululand in 2018 and has experience and practical training in the field where he worked with individuals and communities to address various socio-economic problems.