Pick n Pay, a grocer focused on the middle and upper end of the market, on Thursday piloted a project to supply informal shops, called 'spazas'. Members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) have downed tools at Lonmin, the main employer in the tough town of Marikana, and rivals Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum in a strike over wages, hitting 40 percent of ⦠Entrepreneurs Zenani and Papu want to change this with their new spaza franchise venture, which intends to build 500,000 tax-compliant, modern and digitally driven spaza stores across the country. 1. It is important to keep up with maintenance, and to repair and replace damaged fixtures to keep your store in tip-top shape and looking good for your customers. A spaza shop is an informal convenience shop. 251,473,752 stock photos, vectors and videos, Customer in township spaza shop, Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-customer-in-township-spaza-shop-alexandra-gauteng-south-africa-87092657.html, A hair salon and general dealer (spaza) in Langa AfricanTownship near Cape Town, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-hair-salon-and-general-dealer-spaza-in-langa-africantownship-near-49358278.html, Customers at the window of the Hot Bread Spaza shop in Inhambane, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-customers-at-the-window-of-the-hot-bread-spaza-shop-in-inhambane-13870170.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-spaza-shopcape-town-cbd2010-56947923.html, A small informal spaza shop in Zambia, Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-small-informal-spaza-shop-in-zambia-africa-70094436.html, Spaza shop in a township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-spaza-shop-in-a-township-on-the-outskirts-of-cape-town-south-africa-80002706.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-spaza-shop-east-rand-gauteng-24360331.html, https://www.alamy.com/spaza-shop-soweto-township-image372373305.html, Spaza shop staff in the Hout Bay township of Imizamo Yethu near Cape Town, South Africa, taking PPE precautions during the COVID-19 outbreak, https://www.alamy.com/spaza-shop-staff-in-the-hout-bay-township-of-imizamo-yethu-near-cape-town-south-africa-taking-ppe-precautions-during-the-covid-19-outbreak-image353710269.html, A local spaza shop convenience store Giants Castle Drakensberg Kwazulu Natal South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-local-spaza-shop-convenience-store-giants-castle-drakensberg-kwazulu-133847340.html, Soweto, South Africa - February 15, 2017: Grocery store staff at local Pick 'n Pay spaza shop, https://www.alamy.com/soweto-south-africa-february-15-2017-grocery-store-staff-at-local-pick-n-pay-spaza-shop-image355171745.html, https://www.alamy.com/south-africa-gauteng-east-rand-image9804111.html. GET FLAT RS. . Along with shebeens, or corner taverns, spazas are one of the most visible parts of township life, and a major component of South Africa's vast informal economy. 3.1 The By-law applies to all spaza shops that are located either in the residential dwelling or (part thereof), or on a property located in town, as long as the property has been zoned: 3.2 The By-law applies to any spaza shop operator or the site owner wherein the spaza shop is operated within the area of jurisdiction of the Municipality 4. The Vuleka app is an ordering system that helps individual spaza shop owners purchase goods as a collective from manufacturers. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko, https://www.alamy.com/a-shopper-prepares-to-pay-at-an-informal-shop-piloted-by-pick-n-pay-in-soweto-south-africa-february-25-2016-pick-n-pay-a-grocer-focused-on-the-middle-and-upper-end-of-the-market-on-thursday-piloted-a-project-to-supply-informal-shops-called-spazas-the-trial-could-be-extended-to-hundreds-of-independent-spaza-owners-if-successful-it-said-reuterssiphiwe-sibeko-image373768102.html, https://www.alamy.com/malawian-mobile-bicycle-shop-image67558034.html. Additional information may be obtained at the following websites: www.dsbd.gov.za; www.sefa.org.za; www.seda.org.za; www.mybindu.org.za â SAnews.gov.za Your Lightboxes will appear here when you have created some. Browse 59 spaza shop stock photos and images available, or search for street vendor or african market to find more great stock photos and pictures. Dawane, who has a small 'spaza' shop selling cigarettes and cold drinks, is part of a drive by South Africa's Standard Bank to take banking to poorer areas. Customers to the shop, and about 140 others in the township, can also deposit, withdraw and transfer funds from their accounts and purchase mobile phone airtime. 100 OFF, APPLY COUPON* SPAZA100 100% SECURE SHOPPING. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY, https://www.alamy.com/a-woman-counts-her-change-as-she-leaves-a-convenience-store-or-spaza-shop-with-a-mural-depicting-grocery-items-during-a-nationwide-lockdown-for-21-days-to-try-to-contain-the-coronavirus-disease-covid-19-outbreak-at-the-elias-motsoaledi-informal-settlement-south-africa-april-7-2020-reuterssiphiwe-sibeko-tpx-images-of-the-day-image374590916.html. The 10-week strike, the biggest in South Africa's mines in living memory, has so far cost companies and workers a collective 17 billion rand ($1.60 billion) in revenue a, https://www.alamy.com/daniel-waza-a-convenience-store-or-spaza-shop-owner-sits-inside-his-shop-in-nkaneng-township-marikanas-informal-settlement-near-rustenburg-april-2-2014-members-of-the-association-of-mineworkers-and-construction-union-amcu-have-downed-tools-at-lonmin-the-main-employer-in-the-tough-town-of-marikana-and-rivals-anglo-american-platinum-and-impala-platinum-in-a-strike-over-wages-hitting-40-percent-of-global-production-the-10-week-strike-the-biggest-in-south-africas-mines-in-living-memory-has-so-far-cost-companies-and-workers-a-collective-17-billion-rand-160-billion-in-revenue-a-image399631290.html, A corrugated iron hair salon and grocery shop (spaza) in Langa African Township near Cape Town, South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-corrugated-iron-hair-salon-and-grocery-shop-spaza-in-langa-african-49361792.html, The owner of the spaza shop helping a customer through the store window Barra Inhambane Province Mozambique, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-owner-of-the-spaza-shop-helping-a-customer-through-the-store-window-13224598.html, Residents stand outside a spaza convienience shop in Cape Town's Imizamo Yethu township, April 19, 2014. Government has announced a new scheme to fund spaza shops, but the help comes with some lengthy strings attached. (The name spaza derives from township slang meaning an imitation of a real shop.) Open Hours: Thursday - Sunday 10am - 6pm. We sell the stock for you, you earn 1,53% every time we sell the stock for you. https://www.alamy.com/malata-tuckshop-and-vendors-outside-kalafong-hospital-atteridgeville-pretoriatshwane-gauteng-south-africa-image341624680.html, https://www.alamy.com/soweto-south-africa-february-15-2017-grocery-store-staff-packing-shelves-at-local-pick-n-pay-spaza-shop-image355171406.html, African family standing in a roadside shop, https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-african-family-standing-in-a-roadside-shop-164692993.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-residents-in-the-rural-surrounds-giants-castle-drakensberg-kwazulu-133847508.html, https://www.alamy.com/poverty-in-south-africa-mamelodi-township-close-to-pretoriawork-image224802562.html, https://www.alamy.com/hopewell-is-a-small-rural-south-african-community-there-is-no-permanent-image66412594.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-african-arts-and-crafts-12316264.html, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Feb 20, 2021: Johannesburg, South Africa - October 17, 2016: Inside interior of a small spaza shop grocery store undergoi, https://www.alamy.com/johannesburg-south-africa-feb-20-2021-johannesburg-south-africa-october-17-2016-inside-interior-of-a-small-spaza-shop-grocery-store-undergoi-image407185553.html, A shop (spaza) selling groceries and advertising Vodacom Mobile phones in Langa African Township near Cape Town, South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-shop-spaza-selling-groceries-and-advertising-vodacom-mobile-phones-49359268.html, https://www.alamy.com/malata-tuckshop-and-vendors-outside-kalafong-hospital-atteridgeville-pretoriatshwane-gauteng-south-africa-image341624687.html, Johannesburg, South Africa - February 24, 2016: Grocery store staff packing shelves at local Pick 'n Pay spaza shop, https://www.alamy.com/johannesburg-south-africa-february-24-2016-grocery-store-staff-packing-shelves-at-local-pick-n-pay-spaza-shop-image356524304.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-residents-in-the-rural-surrounds-giants-castle-drakensberg-kwazulu-133847391.html, https://www.alamy.com/poverty-in-south-africa-mamelodi-township-close-to-pretoriawork-image224802631.html. Background: the nature and size of the spaza market Spaza shops are small grocery shops or convenience stores. Managing stock sensibly is as important as managing cash flow. Typical township street scene in Africa with a turquoise blue spaza grocery shop on the corner and laundry drying on the street. While recent data on the informal economy is hard to come by, a 2002 study by the University of South Africa's Bureau of Market Research estimated that spaza shops brought in around $705 million a year, employing up to 290,000 people. 24 FEBRUARY 2010 POTSHINI SOUTH AFRICA PHOTO/JOHN ROBINSON, https://www.alamy.com/small-scale-business-women-in-her-small-rural-spaza-shop-24-february-image66412424.html, Proud township spaza shop owner, Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-proud-township-spaza-shop-owner-alexandra-gauteng-south-africa-87092648.html. It can also be stolen, damaged or become old. This way discounts are negotiated with manufacturers. Copyright © 14/03/2021 Alamy Ltd. All rights reserved. Malata Tuckshop and vendors outside Kalafong Hospital, Atteridgeville, Pretoria/Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa. https://www.alamy.com/johannesburg-south-africa-19-october-2018-people-gathering-outside-takeaway-on-side-of-street-image237728414.html, A woman carrying mieliemeal corn meal leaves a corner cafe or spaza shop Gauteng South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-woman-carrying-mieliemeal-corn-meal-leaves-a-corner-cafe-or-spaza-24360260.html, Children play in Hanover Park, one of the Cape Town areas plagued by gangsterism, a former 'Coloured' area during South Africa's apartheid era, https://www.alamy.com/children-play-in-hanover-park-one-of-the-cape-town-areas-plagued-by-gangsterism-a-former-coloured-area-during-south-africas-apartheid-era-image337772188.html, Trader Nono Dawane transfers money via mobile phone for a customer from her shop in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township, June 28, 2011. Those numbers will have come under pressure over the last decade as real estate developers and big, https://www.alamy.com/residents-stand-outside-a-spaza-convienience-shop-in-cape-towns-imizamo-yethu-township-april-19-2014-along-with-shebeens-or-corner-taverns-spazas-are-one-of-the-most-visible-parts-of-township-life-and-a-major-component-of-south-africas-vast-informal-economy-while-recent-data-on-the-informal-economy-is-hard-to-come-by-a-2002-study-by-the-university-of-south-africas-bureau-of-market-research-estimated-that-spaza-shops-brought-in-around-705-million-a-year-employing-up-to-290000-people-those-numbers-will-have-come-under-pressure-over-the-last-decade-as-real-estate-developers-and-big-image377761774.html, https://www.alamy.com/small-scale-business-women-in-her-small-rural-spaza-shop-24-february-image66412440.html, Customers in township spaza shop, Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-customers-in-township-spaza-shop-alexandra-gauteng-south-africa-87092655.html, A shopper prepares to pay at an informal shop piloted by Pick n Pay in Soweto, South Africa February 25, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko, https://www.alamy.com/a-shopper-looks-for-items-at-an-informal-shop-piloted-by-pick-n-pay-in-soweto-south-africa-february-25-2016-pick-n-pay-a-grocer-focused-on-the-middle-and-upper-end-of-the-market-on-thursday-piloted-a-project-to-supply-informal-shops-called-spazas-the-trial-could-be-extended-to-hundreds-of-independent-spaza-owners-if-successful-it-said-reuterssiphiwe-sibeko-image399862639.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-shop-ownerjohannesburggauteng-43428941.html. manage a spaza shop requires applying management functions and some management skills. Malawian cyclist carrying firewood to sell. Sitemap. Sometimes you can buy fat cookies â a very popular treat made from mixing sugar, water, and flour and then frying the little balls of dough in cooking oil â and mielie ⦠https://www.alamy.com/sign-with-first-time-patients-instructions-next-to-tuckshop-outside-kalafong-hospital-atteridgeville-pretoriatshwane-gauteng-south-africa-image341624757.html, Township spaza shop owner giving little boy some candy, Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-township-spaza-shop-owner-giving-little-boy-some-candy-alexandra-gauteng-87092653.html, Soweto, South Africa - February 15, 2017: Grocery store staff packing shelves at local Pick 'n Pay spaza shop, https://www.alamy.com/soweto-south-africa-february-15-2017-grocery-store-staff-packing-shelves-at-local-pick-n-pay-spaza-shop-image355171410.html, African man sitting in front of his spaza shop, https://www.alamy.com/stock-image-african-man-sitting-in-front-of-his-spaza-shop-164693000.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-residents-in-the-rural-surrounds-giants-castle-drakensberg-kwazulu-133847426.html, https://www.alamy.com/poverty-in-south-africa-mamelodi-township-close-to-pretoriawork-image224761824.html, https://www.alamy.com/hopewell-is-a-small-rural-south-african-community-there-is-no-permanent-image66412597.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-african-arts-and-crafts-12316328.html, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Jan 06, 2021: Johannesburg, South Africa - October 17, 2016: Outside Exterior of old Spaza Shop traditional retail store, https://www.alamy.com/johannesburg-south-africa-jan-06-2021-johannesburg-south-africa-october-17-2016-outside-exterior-of-old-spaza-shop-traditional-retail-store-image412631523.html, A young child visits a tuck shop (spaza) in Langa African Township near Cape Town, South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-young-child-visits-a-tuck-shop-spaza-in-langa-african-township-near-49361912.html. Pick n Pay has launched a pilot program partnering with spaza shops in townships to offer the informal market a convenient service. A hawker walks past a convenience store or 'spaza shop' in Nkaneng township, Marikana's informal settlement near Rustenburg, April 2, 2014. Spaza shop in Joe Slovo Park, Cape Town. Alamy and its logo are trademarks of Alamy Ltd. and are registered in certain countries. The trial could be extended to hundreds of independent spaza owners if successful, it said. Challenges faced by Spaza Shop owners. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY), https://www.alamy.com/trader-nono-dawane-greets-customers-at-her-small-spaza-shop-selling-cigarettes-and-cold-drinks-in-cape-towns-khayelitsha-township-june-28-2011-dawane-is-part-of-a-drive-by-south-africas-standard-bank-to-take-banking-to-poorer-areas-customers-to-the-shop-and-about-140-others-in-the-township-can-also-deposit-withdraw-and-transfer-funds-from-their-accounts-and-purchase-mobile-phone-airtime-reutersmike-hutchings-south-africa-tags-business-society-image377895828.html, Young man poses outside spaza shop, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2012, https://www.alamy.com/young-man-poses-outside-spaza-shop-soweto-johannesburg-south-africa-image67471268.html, Proud township spaza shop owner, business man, Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-proud-township-spaza-shop-owner-business-man-alexandra-gauteng-south-87092654.html, A corrugated iron hair salon and grocery shop (spaza) in Langa African Township near Cape Town, south Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-corrugated-iron-hair-salon-and-grocery-shop-spaza-in-langa-african-49361395.html, The owner of the spaza shop helping customers Barra Inhambane Province Mozambique, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-owner-of-the-spaza-shop-helping-customers-barra-inhambane-province-13224592.html, Man selling soccer memorabilia in spaza shop, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-man-selling-soccer-memorabilia-in-spaza-shop-87091569.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-spaza-shop-in-sevenfontein-gauteng-24360307.html, Spaza shop in a township in Cape Town, South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-spaza-shop-in-a-township-in-cape-town-south-africa-80002703.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-spaza-shop-entrepreneur-in-south-africa-24360431.html, African male adult at 'spaza' shop in Soweto township, South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/african-male-adult-at-spaza-shop-in-soweto-township-south-africa-image372504606.html, A spaza shop in the densely populated Hout Bay informal settlement of Imizamo Yethu near Cape Town during the coronavirus pandemic, https://www.alamy.com/a-spaza-shop-in-the-densely-populated-hout-bay-informal-settlement-of-imizamo-yethu-near-cape-town-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-image360076411.html, A local taxi in the rural surrounds transports people Giants Castle Drakensberg Kwazulu Natal South Africa, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-local-taxi-in-the-rural-surrounds-transports-people-giants-castle-133847367.html, https://www.alamy.com/soweto-south-africa-february-15-2017-grocery-store-staff-at-local-pick-n-pay-spaza-shop-image355171748.html, A closed mini-market shop in Cape Town's Hanover Park suburb that is affected by gangsterism driven by the illegal narcotics market, https://www.alamy.com/a-closed-mini-market-shop-in-cape-towns-hanover-park-suburb-that-is-affected-by-gangsterism-driven-by-the-illegal-narcotics-market-image327437810.html, Bhambayi settlement in the Inanda township to the north of Durban, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bhambayi-settlement-in-the-inanda-township-to-the-north-of-durban-103933920.html, https://www.alamy.com/mountain-kingdom-of-swaziland-africa-image224455481.html. Makwaiba explains that by using the Vuleka app as an ordering system, they âwarehouse, distribute and deliver the products to the spaza shop owners, meaning that they donât have to close up their shops to stock up, saving ⦠https://www.alamy.com/two-bangladeshi-traders-in-their-local-spaza-or-trading-shop-in-the-south-african-township-of-soshanguve-image311669861.html, Mulugeta Desalegn, an owner of a convenience store, or 'spaza shop', picks an item for a customer as he holds a candle, in Senaone, Soweto, South Africa March 18, 2019. https://www.alamy.com/sign-with-visiting-hours-and-prohibitions-next-to-tuckshop-outside-kalafong-hospital-atteridgeville-pretoriatshwane-gauteng-south-africa-image341624751.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-residents-in-the-rural-surrounds-giants-castle-drakensberg-kwazulu-133847474.html, Soweto, South Africa - February 15, 2017: Grocery store staff welcoming at entrance to local Pick 'n Pay spaza shop, https://www.alamy.com/soweto-south-africa-february-15-2017-grocery-store-staff-welcoming-at-entrance-to-local-pick-n-pay-spaza-shop-image355171767.html, https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo--49433836.html, https://www.alamy.com/a-render-of-a-blue-shipping-container-converted-into-a-township-spaza-image68282777.html.