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- noun South Africa An
informal trading post orconvenience store found intownships and remote areas.
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Examples
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The building of shopping malls in townships was displacing small businesses such as spaza shops, Parliament's portfolio committee on trade and industry heard on Wednesday.
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Colourful umbrellas were sported in the queues, while informal "spaza" shops did a roaring beer trade.
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Magdalene Mabetoa in her "spaza" shop alongside the creche.
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According to Ligthelm's study, the highest stability was evident among small businesses operating from "old" business centres where 36. 4% closed their doors followed by a mortality of 57. 5% among home-based businesses such as spaza and tuck shops; street vendors were excluded from the study.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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According to Ligthelm's study, the highest stability was evident among small businesses operating from "old" business centres where 36. 4% closed their doors followed by a mortality of 57. 5% among home-based businesses such as spaza and tuck shops; street vendors were excluded from the study.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Pheko closes his eyes and imagines the wind reaching Khayelitsha, boxes cartwheeling past spaza shops, plastic bags slithering across roads, slapping into fences.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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In late February Pheko goes to the post office behind the spaza shop and in his mailbox is a single envelope with his name on it.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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Pheko closes his eyes and imagines the wind reaching Khayelitsha, boxes cartwheeling past spaza shops, plastic bags slithering across roads, slapping into fences.
Memory Wall Anthony Doerr 2010
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Every village has a spaza, a store selling basic provisions including, happily, cold beer.
South Africa beyond the World Cup: hiking in the wild east Gavin Bell 2010
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The multigenerational family occupies a maze of crumbling concrete structures in a natural basin, accessed from Dar es Salaam via bumpy roads, lines of shacks and a jumble of tin and wood spaza (convenience) shops.
Tanzania: Zainab Salehe Abu David Smith in Dar es Salaam 2010
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