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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....Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 10:04hrs | 573 | 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 tow...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 15:16hrs | 894 | by Rutendo Matinyarare
Foreigners flee as Dudula raids Soweto spazas
A street trader ran into her house and locked herself inside and watched in trauma while a group of people wearing Operation Dudula T-shirts ransacked her vegetable stall in Soweto, Johannesburg, Sout...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 15:30hrs | 2030 | by Staff reporter
Dembare being run like a tuckshop
FORMER Dynamos forward, Simon Chuma, says the Glamour Boys are now being run like a tuckshop and have lost their way terribly. Chuma, who celebrated his 50th birthday last week, said playing f...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA sends Zimbabwe vendors home
SOUTH AFRICAN authorities at Beitbridge have ejected Zimbabwean vendors operating from across the border ordering them to return home to vote.The authorities, including police, ordered the Zim...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as angry squatters burn buses, loot spazas!
COMMUTERS and spaza owners in Soshanguve, Tshwane were caught in the middle of a protest yesterday morning.They were forced to join the residents of New Eersterus Extension squatter camp, who ...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Residents protest against ritual murderers
Residents of Tshifudi, Gaba and Tshaulu outside Thohoyandou in South Africa protested over police's alleged failure to stop muthi murders in the area.Daily Sun reported that the unruly pro...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 13:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zuma's govt fuelling immigrant attacks?
THE South African government's hardening attitude toward foreigners seeking refuge in the country may be fueling intolerance toward immigrants that exploded into attacks and looting in townships, acc...Published: 03 Feb 2015 at 10:18hrs | 1 | by Bloomberg News
ANC's bid to ban non South Africans from running Spazas, 'shocking and xenophobic'
South Africa - An African National Congress (ANC) policy document proposing new measures to manage asylum seekers has sparked an outcry from rights groups and migrant communities who slammed it as "wo...Published: 11 Mar 2012 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
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