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R22m allocated to support KZN spaza shops and general dealers

R22m allocated to support KZN spaza shops and general dealers

Fintech solutions helping informal traders grow and reduce risks

Fintech solutions helping informal traders grow and reduce risks

21 Feb 2024

#BizTrends2024: Ged Nooy - 4 trends to unlock the informal market

#BizTrends2024: Ged Nooy - 4 trends to unlock the informal market

By Ged Nooy 24 Jan 2024

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 27 Oct 2020

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

#DoBizZa: digiToken, the app driving economic activity in the informal market

#DoBizZa: digiToken, the app driving economic activity in the informal market

Evan-Lee Courie 18 Sep 2020

#VMLYRTheEdge: Things to consider when looking to expand to African markets

#VMLYRTheEdge: Things to consider when looking to expand to African markets

Jessica Tennant 16 Sep 2020

Covid-19 has hit SMEs in SA's food sector hard. What can be done to help them

Covid-19 has hit SMEs in SA's food sector hard. What can be done to help them

Andrew Bowman and Reena das Nair 1 Sep 2020

The FMCG main market - deploying technology in the new normal

The FMCG main market - deploying technology in the new normal

Andrew Dawson 28 Aug 2020

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

Ihsaan Bassier, Refiloe Joala and Thando Vilakazi 14 Aug 2020

Liquor traders, restaurants plead with govt to lift alcohol ban

Liquor traders, restaurants plead with govt to lift alcohol ban

22 Jul 2020

Cigarette prices surge 250% as tobacco market destabilises - study

Cigarette prices surge 250% as tobacco market destabilises - study

22 Jul 2020

CoCT meets with leadership from informal traders associations

CoCT meets with leadership from informal traders associations

10 Jul 2020

Why is used clothing popular across Africa? We found out in Malawi

Why is used clothing popular across Africa? We found out in Malawi

Dan Banik 10 Jul 2020

CoCT to equip 10,000 informal traders with Covid-19 toolkits

CoCT to equip 10,000 informal traders with Covid-19 toolkits

7 Jul 2020

SA's record e-commerce performance offers hope for battered economy

SA's record e-commerce performance offers hope for battered economy

30 Jun 2020

B4SA assists informal sector Return to Work

B4SA assists informal sector Return to Work

24 Jun 2020

Government formalises over 2,000 spaza shops

Government formalises over 2,000 spaza shops

24 Jun 2020

Image credit: Stocksnap via Pixabay

Rules for personal care services during advanced Level 3 lockdown

22 Jun 2020

Photo by Retha Ferguson from .

Is a cashless informal market possible?

Craig Duggan 19 Jun 2020

Covid-19 pandemic: Should brands be doing more?

Covid-19 pandemic: Should brands be doing more?

Richard Wells 17 Jun 2020

"We are not doing any business" says street vendor

"We are not doing any business" says street vendor

Zoë Postman 10 Jun 2020

Sokowatch e-voucher scheme delivers relief to Kenya's vulnerable

Sokowatch e-voucher scheme delivers relief to Kenya's vulnerable

5 Jun 2020

Vgrigas via Wikimedia

Standard Bank partners with Sefa to assist spaza shops

4 Jun 2020

Grand Parade traders allowed to open shop in Level 3

Grand Parade traders allowed to open shop in Level 3

1 Jun 2020

Level 3: Green light for takeaways and booze, but tobacco ban remains

Level 3: Green light for takeaways and booze, but tobacco ban remains

Lauren Hartzenberg 28 May 2020

Justice Rapapule serving a client at his spaza shop in Tsakane. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro

"My business will never be the same again," says Duduza spaza shop owner

27 May 2020

Key Distributors boosts sales by 25% with ConnectFMCG

Key Distributors boosts sales by 25% with ConnectFMCG

MegaVision Media 25 May 2020

New research suggests SA's ban on cigarette sales is failing

New research suggests SA's ban on cigarette sales is failing

19 May 2020

R140 for a packet of cigarettes in Soweto

R140 for a packet of cigarettes in Soweto

Mosa Damane 18 May 2020

Charting a course for post-Covid retail regeneration

Charting a course for post-Covid retail regeneration

14 May 2020

In the "new normal" to come, will plans conceived pre-Covid still be relevant?

In the "new normal" to come, will plans conceived pre-Covid still be relevant?

Richard Wells 12 May 2020

R2m food voucher system rolled out to at-risk communities

R2m food voucher system rolled out to at-risk communities

24 Apr 2020

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Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Restrictions in trade to contain Covid-19 have been devastating for Africa's urban poor

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 27 Oct 2020

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

#DoBizZa: digiToken, the app driving economic activity in the informal market

#DoBizZa: digiToken, the app driving economic activity in the informal market

Evan-Lee Courie 18 Sep 2020

#VMLYRTheEdge: Things to consider when looking to expand to African markets

#VMLYRTheEdge: Things to consider when looking to expand to African markets

Jessica Tennant 16 Sep 2020

Covid-19 has hit SMEs in SA's food sector hard. What can be done to help them

Covid-19 has hit SMEs in SA's food sector hard. What can be done to help them

Andrew Bowman and Reena das Nair 1 Sep 2020

The FMCG main market - deploying technology in the new normal

The FMCG main market - deploying technology in the new normal

Andrew Dawson 28 Aug 2020

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

Ihsaan Bassier, Refiloe Joala and Thando Vilakazi 14 Aug 2020

Liquor traders, restaurants plead with govt to lift alcohol ban

Liquor traders, restaurants plead with govt to lift alcohol ban

22 Jul 2020

Cigarette prices surge 250% as tobacco market destabilises - study

Cigarette prices surge 250% as tobacco market destabilises - study

22 Jul 2020

CoCT meets with leadership from informal traders associations

CoCT meets with leadership from informal traders associations

10 Jul 2020

Why is used clothing popular across Africa? We found out in Malawi

Why is used clothing popular across Africa? We found out in Malawi

Dan Banik 10 Jul 2020

CoCT to equip 10,000 informal traders with Covid-19 toolkits

CoCT to equip 10,000 informal traders with Covid-19 toolkits

7 Jul 2020

SA's record e-commerce performance offers hope for battered economy

SA's record e-commerce performance offers hope for battered economy

30 Jun 2020

B4SA assists informal sector Return to Work

B4SA assists informal sector Return to Work

24 Jun 2020

Government formalises over 2,000 spaza shops

Government formalises over 2,000 spaza shops

24 Jun 2020

Image credit: Stocksnap via Pixabay

Rules for personal care services during advanced Level 3 lockdown

22 Jun 2020

Photo by Retha Ferguson from .

Is a cashless informal market possible?

Craig Duggan 19 Jun 2020

Covid-19 pandemic: Should brands be doing more?

Covid-19 pandemic: Should brands be doing more?

Richard Wells 17 Jun 2020

"We are not doing any business" says street vendor

"We are not doing any business" says street vendor

Zoë Postman 10 Jun 2020

Sokowatch e-voucher scheme delivers relief to Kenya's vulnerable

Sokowatch e-voucher scheme delivers relief to Kenya's vulnerable

5 Jun 2020

Vgrigas via Wikimedia

Standard Bank partners with Sefa to assist spaza shops

4 Jun 2020

Grand Parade traders allowed to open shop in Level 3

Grand Parade traders allowed to open shop in Level 3

1 Jun 2020

Level 3: Green light for takeaways and booze, but tobacco ban remains

Level 3: Green light for takeaways and booze, but tobacco ban remains

Lauren Hartzenberg 28 May 2020

Justice Rapapule serving a client at his spaza shop in Tsakane. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro

"My business will never be the same again," says Duduza spaza shop owner

27 May 2020

Key Distributors boosts sales by 25% with ConnectFMCG

Key Distributors boosts sales by 25% with ConnectFMCG

MegaVision Media 25 May 2020

New research suggests SA's ban on cigarette sales is failing

New research suggests SA's ban on cigarette sales is failing

19 May 2020

R140 for a packet of cigarettes in Soweto

R140 for a packet of cigarettes in Soweto

Mosa Damane 18 May 2020

Charting a course for post-Covid retail regeneration

Charting a course for post-Covid retail regeneration

14 May 2020

In the "new normal" to come, will plans conceived pre-Covid still be relevant?

In the "new normal" to come, will plans conceived pre-Covid still be relevant?

Richard Wells 12 May 2020

R2m food voucher system rolled out to at-risk communities

R2m food voucher system rolled out to at-risk communities

24 Apr 2020

'Save Your Local' platform launched

'Save Your Local' platform launched

24 Apr 2020

Adapting traditional trade strategy for the Covid-19 retail reality

Adapting traditional trade strategy for the Covid-19 retail reality

Richard Wells 21 Apr 2020

Guidelines for spaza shops announced

Guidelines for spaza shops announced

20 Apr 2020

Regulations for grocery retail SMMEs and informal food traders during lockdown

Regulations for grocery retail SMMEs and informal food traders during lockdown

7 Apr 2020

Covid-19: Lockdown hits informal traders

Covid-19: Lockdown hits informal traders

Ashraf Hendricks 26 Mar 2020

South Africa's spaza shops: how regulatory avoidance harms informal workers

South Africa's spaza shops: how regulatory avoidance harms informal workers

Andries du Toit 26 Feb 2020

NRCS widens recall of canned pilchards

NRCS widens recall of canned pilchards

25 Feb 2020

SA's 2Engage plans for further growth in Africa and abroad

SA's 2Engage plans for further growth in Africa and abroad

12 Feb 2020

#BizTrends2020: The future of retailing in sub-Saharan Africa

#BizTrends2020: The future of retailing in sub-Saharan Africa

Christele Chokossa 8 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Africa's double-edged consumer demand

#BizTrends2020: Africa's double-edged consumer demand

Ailsa Wingfield 6 Jan 2020

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