Entrepreneurial Orientation of Spaza Shop Entrepreneurs Evidence From a Study of South African and Somali Owned Spaza Shop Entrepreneurs in Khayelitsha

Basardien, Fawzy; Parker, Hamieda; Bayat, Mohamed Saheed; Friedrich, Chris; Appoles, Sulaiman

doi:10.12816/0006774

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“…It was easy because we support each other even when we do not necessarily know each other, but for the fact that we are from the same country it is easy for us to find one another". Basardien et al (2014) found that small businesses such as spaza shops run by foreign nationals are more effective than those run by natives simply because foreign nationals are said to have more business skills than South African citizens. Therefore, instead of South Africans establishing and running businesses on their own, they erect buildings in their backyards that are leased out to foreign nationals to be utilised as spaza shops.…”

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The Impact of Xenophobic Attacks on the Livelihoods of Migrants in Selected Provinces of South Africa

Rabotata

Makhubele

Baloyi

et al. 2021

Int. J. Criminol. Sociol.

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Migration and xenophobia are realities that cannot be ignored globally. Recently, there has been a plethora of xenophobic attacks as a result of structural and socio-economic conditions in South Africa. This paper aimed to establish the impact of xenophobic attacks on the livelihoods of migrants in selected provinces of South Africa. Researchers opted for a qualitative study using a case study design. Participants were drawn from the population in Limpopo, North-West and Mpumalanga Province. A snowball sampling technique was used to sample seven migrants from Zimbabwe, India, and Ethiopia using semi-structured interviews. Data were analysed thematically. The study revealed that most migrants who reside in the rural areas of South Africa seldom experience xenophobic attacks, and therefore their livelihoods are not always negatively affected. The study concluded that displacement, deportation, and loss of income due to xenophobic attacks are experiences of undocumented migrants in the cities and not in the rural areas. This study also makes recommendations that migration management policies be implemented fully in the rural areas because this is where undocumented migrants find comfort.

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confidence: 99%

The Impact of Xenophobic Attacks on the Livelihoods of Migrants in Selected Provinces of South Africa

Rabotata

Makhubele

Baloyi

et al. 2021

Int. J. Criminol. Sociol.

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“…It was noted that there was specific differentiation between local and foreign entrepreneurship processes Basardien et al (2014). Certain characteristics such as risk-taking by foreigners; innovative use of decommissioned containers as stores; competitiveness; and reactiveness form some of these.…”

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“…al. (2013), Charman et al (2012), and Basardien et al (2014) all highlight financial management as a skill which must be understood and practiced by informal businesses in order to succeed. They agree that this skill is lacking for most local Spaza shop owners.…”

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Lessons from Foreign Owned Spaza Shops in South African Townships

Lamb

Kunene

Dyili

2019

J. Rev. Global Econ.

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In 2014, the World Bank pronounced how the informal sector is probably responsible for half of the GDP in developing countries. This sector can no longer be ignored as it is embedded in most developing countries' economies. In a country like South Africa, the informal sector is a gateway to economic freedom where the historically deprived groups were left behind and could not participate in the formal economic sectors, as they would have liked. This was due to racially skewed policies of the apartheid regime. The country saw black racial groups marginalised from acquiring appropriate skills, education and resources to allow them to participate in the formal economy. The barrier to entry into formal economies resulted in the significant rise of the informal economy. One of the most prevalent business forms in this sector has been Spaza Shops. In fact, in South Africa, Spaza Shops have become synonymous with the informal sector. Post-apartheid, with the opening of the country's borders over the years, there has been an increase in foreign owned Spaza Shops both legally and illegally, at the expense of locally owned ones. Using an exploratory research design, this paper sought to uncover various practices and procedures that have been accredited to the success of foreign owned Spaza's in townships. Through qualitative engagement with relevant literature published over a period of six years, a relationship between foreign owned businesses and locally owned businesses in the townships of South Africa was investigated. The study outcomes identified motives for increased and successful foreign owned businesses in townships. These are Networking and Economies of Scales; SocioEconomic Motivators; Geographic Location; Financial Management, Entrepreneurial Orientation and Business practice. All of these motives are seen as equally important and can be used to upskill and motivate local informal traders to be as competitive within the township economy.

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“…She suggested that South African business owners were largely inept and should learn from the business practices of their foreign 1 At the same time, South Africans were at a natural disadvantage because they had no history of entrepreneurfrom the moment they are born, they are introduced to trade. Their mothers, uncles, every- 2 These stereotypical comparisons are echoed in the research literature. There is a common idea in the business literature, for example, that poor black South Africans lack entrepreneurial ambition and that this helps to explain the relatively small size of the South African informal economy and the high rate of local informal business failure.…”

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confidence: 97%