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    Umzimvubu Municipality gets a R26.5m informal trade investment
    Umzimvubu Municipality gets a R26.5m informal trade investment
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    Fintech solutions helping informal traders grow and reduce risks

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    Informal traders inside Cape Town mall told to vacate by next Sunday

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    Multibillion rand boost for township economy

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    Fast Food Advertising Report 2023

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    Key trends shaking up Africa's lucrative informal retail sector in 2023

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    #BizTrends2023: How to win in sub-Saharan Africa's retailing landscape

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    #BestofBiz 2022: Retail

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    #AfricaMonth: Why informal retailing in Africa must not be overlooked

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    SA Informal Traders Alliance partners CCMA to upskill sector, promote formalisation

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    #BizTrends2022: Africa's informal sector; a newly augmented opportunity

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    "It's hunger, my sister," says Brakpan looter

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    Informal traders inside Cape Town mall told to vacate by next Sunday
    Informal traders inside Cape Town mall told to vacate by next Sunday

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    Key trends shaking up Africa's lucrative informal retail sector in 2023

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    #BizTrends2023: How to win in sub-Saharan Africa's retailing landscape

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    #BestofBiz 2022: Retail

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    Source: Vgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
    Acquainting township trade with the potential of digital payments

    19 Jul 2022

    Source: Supplied
    New app simplifies inventory management for Africa's informal retailers

    28 Jun 2022

    Supplied. The township is a place of thriving entrepreneurship
    Digital Marketers don't forget to look up

     27 Jun 2022

    Source:
    Achieving brand success in SA's dynamic township market - report

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    Source: Vgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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    #AfricaMonth: Why informal retailing in Africa must not be overlooked

     31 May 2022

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    SA Informal Traders Alliance partners CCMA to upskill sector, promote formalisation

    25 Apr 2022

    Supplied. Saitex
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    Source: iStock
    Over R5m allocated to small and informal businesses affected by civil unrest

    11 Feb 2022

    Source: Copia Global
    Kenyan retail distributor Copia secures $50m for Africa expansion

     21 Jan 2022

    Source: Supplied
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    20 Jan 2022

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    #BizTrends2022: Africa's informal sector; a newly augmented opportunity

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    #BizTrends2022: What's next for retailing in Africa?

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    #BestofBiz 2021: Retail

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    Finding balance in the overlooked informal retail sector

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    The impact of riots and looting on spaza shops in Johannesburg 2021

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    Muslim organisations unite to rebuild KZN's Isipingo Market

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    Small traders suffering as a result of Cape Town taxi violence

     26 Jul 2021

    Brakpan community members protect immigrant-owned spaza shops
    Brakpan community members protect immigrant-owned spaza shops

    16 Jul 2021

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    "It's hunger, my sister," says Brakpan looter

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    Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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    A roadside Spaza Shop, Cathedral Peak, KwaZulu Natal. King of the Grasshoppers, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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