Why do South Africans no longer run spaza shops?

Why do South Africans no longer run spaza shops? | GG Alcock

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Are foreign nationals being unfairly scapegoated in South Africa? David Ansara of the CRA speaks with author and entrepreneur, GG Alcock, about why we shouldn't blame foreigners for the low number of South African spaza shop owners.
WATCH the full interview with GG Alcock (61 mins) on the 'Solutions With David Ansara' podcast: • GG Alcock on the towns...
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@CentreForRiskAnalysis Жыл бұрын

WATCH the full interview with GG Alcock (61 mins) on the 'Solutions With David Ansara' podcast: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jsebabuTms2UY2Q.html

@marcusmoonstein242 Жыл бұрын

This is something that amazes me, because it's not just South Africans who do it. The human tendency is to always blame the business owner, and never the customers that keep them in business. Yet businesses can only survive if they are supported by customers. If the Somali's are putting local spaza owners out of business, then the fault lies with the customers who support the Somali's, not with the Somali's themselves.

@Modikana Жыл бұрын

I am a South African operating a spazashop i could say my challenge is lack of resources to scale up my business and lack of support our people are not really supporting us they come whenever they want credit.

@TshepoMoagi Жыл бұрын

Insighful interview.

@caughtontape5829 Жыл бұрын

I wish the conversation was balanced.

@chessmanhatter298 Жыл бұрын

That's what you get with open borders....and do they pay any tax?

@phillipmarchant9221 Жыл бұрын

Listen to the interview...

@chessmanhatter298 Жыл бұрын

@@phillipmarchant9221 how about you have a listen and then relate that to reality...

@langalakheshongwe5433 Жыл бұрын

Thy don't pay

@dannyarcher6370 Жыл бұрын

And think tanks like the CRA and IRR are gung ho about the free movement that will eventually come with the African Continental Free Trade Area.

@kambrose1549 Жыл бұрын

Far too busy to join organisations and go to meetings

@kambrose1549 Жыл бұрын

Some Spaza shops also run a string of street stalls and employ a lot of locals to set these up and take them down at night

@yadoyaya4887 9 ай бұрын

Are we able to open shops in they country as easy as they do

@dienar3717 Жыл бұрын

There is a lot of violence and threats, supply chain issues including tax avoidance. Dubious import channels... A 15% competive edge on nett margin is the death warrent of 'honest' traders.

@chessmanhatter298 Жыл бұрын

South Africa simply does not have the resources to look after the whole of Africa. Border security is paramount to prosperity.

@phillipmarchant9221 Жыл бұрын

Funny. I thought I heard the interviewee distinctly say that most Somalian spaza owners are VAT registered. Wow, that sneaky, hey - enter the country illegally, and then register to open a business, without anyone noticing...

@langalakheshongwe5433 Жыл бұрын

That's a lie my man.. Spazas don't make tht much money. N most these guys r illegal here, so how do thy register for Tax if thy r illegal?

@gbone7581 Жыл бұрын

@@phillipmarchant9221 If they did register for VAT (which I don't believe) it will only be to claim VAt back in some form of a scam.

@lazycouchsessions7502 5 ай бұрын

The guy in the black doesn't have the full scope of what's driving profits in the Somali shops🤦🏾‍♂️

@dannyarcher6370 Жыл бұрын

Cos they're lazy.

@phillipmarchant9221 Жыл бұрын

Uh, is that it? Thank you, so much for clearing this up...

@langalakheshongwe5433 Жыл бұрын

Who's lazy?

@dannyarcher6370 Жыл бұрын

@@langalakheshongwe5433 The South Africans who owned spaza shops.

@sueelliott4793 Жыл бұрын

I soooo agree mate 😊Its easier to blame someone else. If its not whites or Indians, then its Somali's

@phillipmarchant9221 Жыл бұрын

South African spaza owners had a monopoly on this sector ever since, and viciously exploited their very own, who basically had no other recourse to alternate supply. Having become entirely accustomed to the fabulous return on investment and the 'induna' protected from competition by the 'spaza mafia', when the formal retail sector moved into their territory, it became a matter of time before the thought of having to compete with lower margins and actually offer a service in order to survive, the South African spaza owner disappeared off the scene, after the usual 'foreigner scapegoating' and even the murder, lost its flavour...