Global youth empowerment movement ‘Count Me In’ has called for an urgent and complete overhaul of the country’s current spaza shop regulatory framework. The movement advocates for reforms in the spaza shops industry.
It has launched a campaign to reform the regulations, which it believes disadvantage local entrepreneurs.
The movement’s chairperson Sibongile Mpanza says, “You have to get a certificate of health, you have to get the certificate of fire, you have to get the certificate of zoning, which makes it very difficult because all those departments also have fees that are charged. For you to comply with them, which makes it difficult for people who are not making any money on the operations of their spazas.
“So, it makes it very difficult to move on from one area to the next. It seems like the very laws are still used, while the way people live today is different from that time. The purpose of these red tapes was to bar black people from entering the economy or the business,” Mpanza explains.
[ON AIR] The Count Me In Movement has raised the alarm over what it terms the “systematic exclusion” of South African spaza shop owners under the current regulatory framework. Bishop Makhubo: @CMIMovement organiser on #TheMorningBrief with Thulasizwe Simelane #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/A4wV654PYo
— SAfmRadio 📻 (@SAfmRadio) July 28, 2025
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