Tertiary Economic Activities (Grade 12 NSC Matric Geography): Flashcards

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The informal sector in South Africa
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Focus of tertiary economic activities

Selling goods and provision of services

Formal vs informal sector key difference

Formal: registered, pay taxes; Informal: unregistered

Examples of informal sector workers

Hawkers, parking guards, casual labourers

Primary employment type in informal sector

Self-employed

Demographics: large proportion of informal workers

Women and children

Most crucial benefit of informal sector

Income generation for unemployed

Reason for informal sector growth: employment

Large-scale job losses in formal sector

Impact of mechanisation on informal sector

Reduces manual labour, workers move to informal sector

Significant problem: local authorities

Harassment by officials

Key improvement by local authorities

Providing designated areas for informal trading

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