| Called by many names; townships, informal
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| | the townships of a rather unique type of
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| settlements, or squatter camps, they are
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| | Spaza shop. The main aim of the Health
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| an integral part of South African life,
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| | Spaza is to start as it were, health
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| both in rural and urban areas. A
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| | shops like the health stores you find in
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| collection of ramshackled structures made
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| | more affluent areas of the city. Many of
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| of corrugated iron, cardboard, wood,
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| | these health shop owners have told us
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| fencing, whatever can be found to create
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| | that they are increasingly seeing
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| a home. The roads between the shacks are
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| | township dwellers who prefer to come
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| better described as worn pathways, some
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| | through there doors with minor ailments
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| too small for a vehicle to pass, others
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| | as the advice is free and the products
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| wider with space for vehicles and
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| | are affordable (well some of them at any
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| informal trade to mingle with playing
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| | rate). I am sure that the rich and poor
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| children. R.D.P. (Reconstruction and
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| | both can agree on the fact that a visit
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| Development) housing projects are
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| | to a medical practitioner is costly, as
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| interspersed with the shack-lands, where
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| | is a visit to a Sangoma or traditional
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| the government has built small brick
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| | healer.The Health Spaza saves the
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| houses, which will ideally and ultimately
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| | township dweller the trip into a shopping
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| house all of South Africa's homeless.
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| | centre. On their own doorsteps, they now
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| Amongst the shacks; schools, clinics,
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| | have available a shop (or a container,
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| churches or missions, spaza shops,
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| | gazebo or ice-cream box style bicycle)
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| shabeens and taverns are found. The
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| | that caters for the minor ailments we all
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| services that are usually conspicuously
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| | suffer from such as flu in winter, the
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| missing are police stations, post
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| | twinge of arthritis, and a biggie - male
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| offices, and health outlets (apart from
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| | potency. Products sold, have been
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| clinics, which dispense medicine and
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| | carefully selected according to a set of
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| traditional healers).The interior of most
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| | criteria, which include market related
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| shacks are dark and stuffy, leaky in
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| | pricing and the all-important fact the
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| summer and draughty in winter when the
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| | products must be natural and good for our
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| paraffin stoves used for cooking and
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| | consumers.To say that the shop is truly a
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| warmth far too often lead to fires,
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| | health Spaza, or even to say that
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| unable to be contained before spreading
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| | Fevertree as a company has any claims on
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| fast and far and with tragic
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| | it is not entirely true. The ownership of
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| consequences. These conditions are
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| | the Health Spazas is in the hands of
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| totally unsuitable for people living with
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| | local township dwellers. Fevertree's role
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| compromised respiratory diseases such as
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| | is to assist them to set up the business
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| those that are the symptoms of HIV
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| | and give them the required training to
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| AIDS.Informal trade is done from spaza
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| | operate as a small business and as health
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| shops, which are general dealer stores
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| | product consultants. As it is a new idea,
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| set up inside shacks, caravans, under
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| | and in the world of new ideas, people are
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| gazebos or trees, or in containers. In
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| | usually a slow species to catch on, the
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| the same way, hairdressing services,
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| | Health Spaza has diversified itself to
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| telephonic services and clothing are
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| | the extent that it is also a Photo Spaza,
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| sold. Shabeens and taverns are bottle
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| | taking ID photos, licence photos, and
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| stores and restaurants.Business is
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| | photographs for all occasions. This
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| usually quiet during the daytime on
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| | diversity is the hallmark of the
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| weekdays, as most people who are employed
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| | Fevertree spaza business model. Strangely
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| and most children who are in school are
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| | enough the two odd bed fellows,
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| not available as consumers. Children are
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| | photography and health products seem to
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| often responsible for the shopping as
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| | complement each other well, at times the
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| their parent's work, and it is becoming
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| | photography drawing customers to both
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| more and more common as AIDS spreads,
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| | sides of the business, and sometimes the
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| that children are required to look after
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| | health products attracting customers.The
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| sick parents, run the household and look
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| | scope of the spaza business model also
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| after siblings.In the evenings and on
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| | includes for new and innovative products
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| weekends, the streets come alive with
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| | and services, for instance we have
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| people shopping, trading and visiting
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| | identified an awareness and need for
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| each other. Music blares, cars are washed
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| | solar power. Another issue is that of
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| and children use the streets as their
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| | whether the Spaza should be mobile or
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| playground. Township life is truly
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| | static We anticipate that other ideas
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| community based living, and it is this
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| | will surface in time, and we would like
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| quality that makes this physically
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| | to encourage our readers to submit ideas
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| challenging environment, a special
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| | to us (1 million brains are far better
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| one.The Spaza shop is often a central
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| | than two or three). To submit an idea,
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| area for residents who generally do not
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| | contact us through our website Mordecai
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| have refrigerators, and must purchase
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| | is an educator and researcher with
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| food daily basis. It is the Spaza shop's
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| | interests in Neurolinguistic Programming,
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| central position in a community that
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| | Psychoneuroimmunology, herbalsim and
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| makes it a perfect point to distribute
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| | entrepreneurism in Africa. He currently
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| health products and indeed even as a
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| | runs Fevertree, an innovative business
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| place to distribute information and
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| | that sources and supplies raw materials
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| knowledge.THE CREATION OF HEALTH
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| | and products focusing on African
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| SPAZASWith the above scenario in mind,
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| | Medicinal herbs.
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| Fevertree has initiated a concept into
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