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The Role of Informal Food Markets in Sustaining Migrant Communities Across South African Cities

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Informal Food Markets and Migrant Survival in South African Cities Introduction: A Daily Struggle Hidden in Plain Sight At 5 a.m. on a cold winter morning in Johannesburg’s inner city, Amina*, a 29-year-old Somali mother, arranges vegetables at her small pavement stall. She arrived in South Africa six years ago, hoping for stability. Yet rising […]

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