(s) South Africa’s spaza shop economy

Sources from the article

¹ Trade Intelligence, SA FMCG Market Size and Channel Report 2025

SA FMCG Market Update: Insights from the 2025 Market Size Report

² GG Alcock / Kasinomics — via BusinessTech

https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/821520/south-africas-r1-trillion-invisible-underground-economy

³ Standard Bank Township Informal Economy Report, October 2025 (original report)

Click to access Standard_Bank_Township_Informal_Economy_Report_October_2025.pdf

Supplementary coverage — BusinessTech

https://businesstech.co.za/news/finance/839918/cash-is-still-king-in-south-africas-r900-billion-hidden-economy

⁴ Stats SA, Survey of Employers and the Self-Employed (SESE) 2023, released March 2025

https://www.statssa.gov.za/ (search: SESE 2023)

⁵ Spaza shop registration data — The Citizen

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/over-30k-spaza-shop-applications-were-from-foreign-nationals

Gauteng specifics — The Citizen

https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/over-15-000-spaza-shops-non-compliant-7-000-foreign-nationals

City of Tshwane data

https://www.tshwane.gov.za/?p=84390

⁶ Spaza Shop Support Fund — PMG progress report

https://pmg.org.za/committee-meeting/40763

Fund launch — Engineering News

https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/govt-launches-spaza-shop-support-fund-to-support-township-businesses-2025-04-08

⁷ Trade Intelligence, Formal Independent Trade baseline (2023)

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⁸ Tiger Brands route-to-market — IOL / Tiger Brands official release

https://iol.co.za/business-report/economy/spaza-stores-in-local-townships-receive-tiger-brands-makeover-a031db7a-430c-43f8-b7ee-4fe8d4642e03

https://www.tigerbrands.com/media/spaza-stores-receive-makeover.php

⁹ Yebo Fresh / Smollan acquisition — Trade Intelligence

Smollan Acquires Yebo Fresh to Transform General Trade and Drive Growth in Township Economies

Yebo Fresh revenue estimate — Webs.co.za

Yebo Fresh Success Story: Bringing Groceries to Township Communities