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In South Africa, informal workers helped redesign a market to save it

Every day nearly half a million people flow through Durban's Warwick Junction. Image: Kyle Laferriere

Anne Maassen
Urban Innovation & Finance Associate, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Madeleine Galvin
Research Assistant, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
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The Music Bridge in Durban's Warwick Junction marketplace.
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Asiye eTafuleni co-founders Richard Dobson and Patric Ndlovu
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Jewelry sellers in Warwick Junction.
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A vendor sells produce in Warwick Junction.
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Toe Shozi, a jeweler, gives a tour of Warwick Junction.
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