spaza
Noun
Meaning
spaza (plural spazas)
(South Africa) An informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and remote areas.
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Examples
At around 19:30 a group of nine suspects held the owners of two spaza shops in Holomisa Street Ilngelethu Malmesbury at gunpoint and fled with cigarettes, cash and airtime vouchers in a white minibus taxi.
For instance, spaza shops could act as nodal points for payment and delivery.
Sheikh estimated that 124 spaza shops, stalls and other businesses in the area were either damaged or looted.
"The scheme to will also seek a credit facility with seed capital as some spaza shop owners are unable to access money to purchase stock," she said.
"We are also supporting them with business management support because we know that there are problems in spaza shops running their businesses to be profitable," she said.
The main advertisers are cash and carry clients, and it has a core readership of spaza and small shop owners.