The South African Union of Spaza Shops (SAUSS) aims to deal with challenges that occur in the Spaza shop space and address them while working with relevant government authorities.
The union is the first youth-formed union that aims to fight crime, drugs, human trafficking, and individuals who open spaza shops for money laundering. Expired products are also the target of the union while ensuring that there is space for South Africans to compete in the Spaza shops space.
Teboho Selalane, the founder of the union stated that he started the union after realizing that burning tyres and destroying infrastructure to get the attention of the government or to get their concerns across was not an option and one of the ways was to engage with relevant stakeholders.
Selalane pointed out that what’s happening in the spaza shop space is concerning and relevant stakeholders such as SA Revenue Services, CIPC, Department of Health, and consumers amongst others needed to be engaged fully.
“The main objective is to ensure compliance with the support of our stakeholders SARS; CIPC; Department of Health; Consumers; Spaza start-ups and BEE Spaza owners. Working together with our government in ensuring that all illegal Spaza traders are dismissed and being replaced by a member of SAUSS who is a start-up without a place to start.” Selelane said.
Secondly, the union aims to introduce Spaza’s to the corporate world by having Spaza Shops Seminars; Spaza traders dialogues, and Spaza Financial Management Workshops.
SAUSS aims to revive the Spaza Shop culture as it was a norm back in the day to see South Africans owning spaza shops and aims to protect the reputation of legal Spaza shop owners.
South African Union of Spazas Shops (SAUSS) wants to operate as a mediator between Consumers; Spaza Traders and the government, while ensuring prices are affordable and expired products are not sold to people.
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