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Scheduled water cuts cripple township businesses, threatens livelihoods

Scheduled water cuts cripple township businesses, threatens livelihoods

South African-owned spaza shops get R179.6m government funding

South African-owned spaza shops get R179.6m government funding

1 Jun 2026

Why spaza shops matter more than South Africa realises

Why spaza shops matter more than South Africa realises

By Annele Dippenaar 14 May 2026

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Verda Maluleka stands next to her stock at her LDP

CCBSA's innovative route to market creating opportunities for female entrepreneurs

17 Aug 2017

Haywards Sustainable Safaris

Celebrating women as custodians of artistic and cultural heritage

10 Aug 2017

Oscar Siziba, Absa managing executive in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Pretoria; Tshepo Seeta, eSpaza Sum managing director and founder; Anastasia Mathabathe, spaza owner and Tony Ferreira, operations director, Big Save.

Absa invests R10,5m in spaza development

31 Jul 2017

SA mobile startup helps informal traders compare and order stock

SA mobile startup helps informal traders compare and order stock

Tom Jackson 24 Jul 2017

Selling Brazilian fashions, the women of Angola's ‘suitcase trade' spot trends and pedal dreams

Selling Brazilian fashions, the women of Angola's ‘suitcase trade' spot trends and pedal dreams

Léa Barreau Tran 17 Jul 2017

Commission needs more time to understand opaque retail sector

Commission needs more time to understand opaque retail sector

Ann Crotty 14 Jul 2017

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Inquiry seeks data on informal retail

Ann Crotty 14 Jul 2017

Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail

Food economies at risk of distortion by formal sector grocery retail

6 Jul 2017

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Malls should give spaza shops rent-free spaces, Malema says

23 Jun 2017

Senegal's corner shops go digital to track trade

Senegal's corner shops go digital to track trade

19 Jun 2017

Coca-Cola's Bizniz in a Box helps turn the tide against youth unemployment

Coca-Cola's Bizniz in a Box helps turn the tide against youth unemployment

14 Jun 2017

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Township shops 'bear brunt of unfair practices'

7 Jun 2017

Bread trade goes stale

Bread trade goes stale

6 Jun 2017

Researchers: SA suffers from fragmented policymaking in agriculture and food security

Researchers: SA suffers from fragmented policymaking in agriculture and food security

12 May 2017

MimiBizBox founder seeks to raise awareness this Freedom Day

MimiBizBox founder seeks to raise awareness this Freedom Day

25 Apr 2017

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Uganda's second Slow Food Earth Market launched in Manafwa

13 Apr 2017

Cointreau selects finalists in Creative Crew grant scheme

Cointreau selects finalists in Creative Crew grant scheme

2 Mar 2017

New township delivery service pilots in Ekurhuleni

New township delivery service pilots in Ekurhuleni

14 Feb 2017

Why new entrants struggle to break into South Africa's retail space

Why new entrants struggle to break into South Africa's retail space

Reena das Nair 7 Feb 2017

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Spaza shops need assistance to grow sustainably

Munir Jeeva 6 Feb 2017

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Gill Mkhasibe to speak at ITF on how brands are purchased in informal retail

23 Jan 2017

#BestofBiz 2016: Retail

#BestofBiz 2016: Retail

12 Dec 2016

#SustainabilityMonth: Turning an invasive plant into an eco-friendly opportunity

#SustainabilityMonth: Turning an invasive plant into an eco-friendly opportunity

Sindy Peters 24 Oct 2016

Alliance brings cashless payments to townships

Alliance brings cashless payments to townships

13 Sep 2016

Pulane Moraladi

Logistics Partners programme finds innovative route to informal market

16 Aug 2016

Time to gauge in invisible market's size

Time to gauge in invisible market's size

Palesa Vuyolwethu Tshandu 18 May 2016

Instant engagement - next step for online classifieds

Instant engagement - next step for online classifieds

Felix Erken 16 May 2016

Gauteng MEC meets with Tembisa shopkeepers

Gauteng MEC meets with Tembisa shopkeepers

1 Sep 2015

A market with a difference launches in Cape Town

A market with a difference launches in Cape Town

23 Jul 2015

New night market opens tonight in Cape Town

New night market opens tonight in Cape Town

4 Jun 2015

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