South Africa's socio-economic exclusion from basic service provisions

The study aims to understand the exclusion of the informal sector from the basic infrastructural services. The informal sector is an essential point of food access for low-income households. The informal sector is mostly preferred by poor consumers than supermarkets because of selling in flexible quantities that respond to what people can afford (Wengaf 2020). Despite this significant role that the informal sector plays in addressing unemployment and poverty in most developing countries the sector is ignored. The informal sector’s basic infrastructure needs are not being met. The informal sector can play a role in supporting development and specifically contribute to addressing unemployment. However for this to take place integrated policies and strategies aimed at supporting the informal sector is required. Today the informal sector is a major part of the global economy. Globally about 2 billion people make their living from the informal economy and over 85 per cent of the population in Africa is employed within the informal sector. Furthermore the informal sector contributes about 55% of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Gross Domestic Product.