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From local survivalism to foreign entrepreneurship: the transformation of the spaza sector in Delft, Cape Town

Andrew Charman, Leif Petersen and Laurence Piper, Transformation 78

An early account of how migrant-run spaza shops replaced South African home-based grocers in Delft South.

Charman, A., Petersen, L., & Piper, L. (2012). From local survivalism to foreign entrepreneurship: The transformation of the spaza sector in Delft, Cape Town. Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa, 78(1), 47–73.