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Vocational Centre demolished to make way for spaza shop

Outrage is mounting in Mbare after the demolition of the township's only vocational training centre to make way for 144 tuckshops, a move residents say betrays President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Vision 2030 and undermines youth empowerment.For…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 10:48hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe slides into a spaza nation

Zimbabwe's commercial landscape is undergoing a profound transformation - and not for the better. Across major cities, once-thriving formal businesses have either shuttered or drastically downsized, their spacious premises now partitioned …

Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 13:17hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter

Indiginisation by Spazafication for black South Africans

The African National Congress' secretary general says the 'largest' and 'most sophisticated' economy in Africa is learning from around the continent purportedly in countries like Ghana and Zimbabwe to indigenise and preserve local business…

Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 13:29hrs | 493 | by Jonathan Moyo

Zimbabwean migrants lose jobs in SA after raid on spaza shops

Zimbabweans working in South Africa's spaza shops are facing hardship following a series of raids targeting foreign-owned tuckshops after allegations of food poisoning incidents, which have left children dead and others hospitalized.The ra…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter

South Africa's big business wants spaza shop economy?

Major businesses across South Africa are looking to capitalise on the country's booming informal economy, with many companies licking their lips at an opportunity worth hundreds of billions of rands.New research from Trade Intelligence hig…

Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 10:04hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter

Whites want South Africa's township economy

South Africa has had Spaza shops controlled by foreigners for the better part of 30 years, and we never had food poisoning. But all of a sudden, now that white foreigners are building malls in the townships and ShopRite and Pick n Pay want…

Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 15:16hrs | 924 | by Rutendo Matinyarare

Guvamatanga rubbishes retailers' complaints over spaza shop influx

George Guvamatanga, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, has chosen to downplay the impact of tuck shops on formal retailers. Instead, he has suggested that many businesses are being managed by individuals who lack the necessary knowl…

Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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Search / Spaza

Vocational Centre demolished to make way for spaza shop

Zimbabwe slides into a spaza nation

Indiginisation by Spazafication for black South Africans

Zimbabwean migrants lose jobs in SA after raid on spaza shops

South Africa's big business wants spaza shop economy?

Whites want South Africa's township economy

Guvamatanga rubbishes retailers' complaints over spaza shop influx

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