Durban Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Economy== Sugar refining is one of Durban's main industries. South Africa produces 19.9 million tons of sugar cane a year and most of it comes from KwaZulu-Natal.{{Citation needed|reason=Prior citation was accommodation website Afristay|date=April 2022}} === Informal sector === Durban has a number of informal and semi-formal street vendors. The [[Warwick Junction, Durban|Warwick Junction]] Precinct is home to a number of street markets, with vendors selling goods from traditional medicine, to clothing and spices.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.pps.org/places/public-markets/warwick-junction/|title=Warwick Junction β Great Public Spaces|date=2015-03-13|newspaper=Great Public Spaces|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018010115/http://www.pps.org/places/public-markets/warwick-junction/|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city's treatment of shack dwellers was criticised in a report from the [[United Nations]] linked Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions<ref>[http://www.cohre.org/sites/default/files/south_africa_-_business_as_usual_-_housing_rights_and_slum_eradication_in_durban_sept_2008_.pdf South Africa: Business as Usual β housing rights and slum eradication in Durban] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826233243/http://www.cohre.org/sites/default/files/south_africa_-_business_as_usual_-_housing_rights_and_slum_eradication_in_durban_sept_2008_.pdf |date=26 August 2013 }}, Centre on Housing Rights & Evictions, Geneva, 2008.</ref> and there has also been criticism of the city's treatment of street traders,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.streetnet.org.za/english/Durban06.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906155140/http://www.streetnet.org.za/english/Durban06.htm|url-status=dead|title=From best practice to Pariah: the case of Durban, South Africa by Pat Horn, Street Net|archive-date=6 September 2007}}</ref><ref>[http://www.seri-sa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17:research-reports&catid=9&Itemid=29 Criminalising the Livelihoods of the Poor: The impact of formalising informal trading on female and migrant traders in Durban] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321004738/http://www.seri-sa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17:research-reports&catid=9&Itemid=29 |date=21 March 2012 }} by Blessing Karumbidza, Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (February 2011).</ref> street children<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/01/south-africa-world-cup-blikkiesdorp |title=Life in 'Tin Can Town' for the South Africans evicted ahead of World Cup|first=David|last=Smith|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 April 2010}}</ref> and sex workers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2013-12-24-the-dirty-shame-of-durbans-clean-up-campaign-of-city-streets/ |title=The dirty shame of Durban's 'clean-up' campaign of city streets|website=The Daily Maverick|first=Vanessa |last=Burger|date=24 December 2013}}</ref> The [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] strain called "Durban Poison" is named for the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2013/11/cannabis_encyclopedia_strain_review_durban_poison.php |title=Cannabis Encyclopedia strain review: Durban Poison | Marijuana and Cannabis News |publisher=Toke of the Town |date=2013-11-06 |access-date=2015-12-10}}</ref> ===Civil society=== There are a number of civil society organisations based in Durban. These include: [[Abahlali baseMjondolo]] movement,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monthlyreview.org/0206pithouse.htm|title=Monthly Review - Struggle Is a School: The Rise of a Shack Dwellers' Movement in Durban, South Africa|date=1 February 2006}}</ref> the Diakonia Council of Churches, the [[Right2Know Campaign]], the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance and the [[South African Unemployed Peoples' Movement]].<ref>[http://abahlali.org/node/7580 The opening remarks of S'bu Zikode, President of the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement of South Africa, at the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center (NYC)], 16 November 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abahlali.org/node/7709 |title=ANC Intimidates Witness X, More Intimidation and More Killing in Kennedy Road|website=Abahlali baseMjondolo|date=23 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/witness |title=Witness |website=News24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/200-march-against-information-bill-1.689323|title=200 march against Information Bill|author=Independent Newspapers Online|work=Independent Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200901070039.html|title=South Africa: Churches Ask Parties to Preach Tolerance|first=Sibongakonke|last=Shoba|date=7 January 2009|via=AllAfrica}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global,_id,=25560|title=Witness}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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