Since the conversation around spaza shops started, a lot of people have been raising the issue of “the township economy”. Question is, do we know enough about this township economy? For instance, how big is it? how lucrative it has become? To help us get a better understanding of the township economy, I am joined on the line by…

GUEST: Dr. Thami Mazwai, former Advisor of the Sukuma Relief Fund, which was established to support small businesses as result of the Covid-19 pandemic and who also led the National Planning Commission's Project Team on Township Economy