Expressions | SA youth want opportunity to run local spaza shops

Recent protests in several parts of the country have seen residents calling for illegal foreign nationals to leave South Africa, raising important questions about ownership, entrepreneurship, and economic participation.

For many years, a significant number of businesses in our townships have been operated by foreign nationals, particularly in the informal retail sector.

But if these businesses were to become available, are South Africans — especially young people — ready to step in, take up the baton, and run sustainable businesses of their own? Do they have the skills, support, funding, and appetite to become the next generation of township entrepreneurs?

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