Currently, and prior to decriminalisation (for recreational and medicinal purposes), there existed a largely unquantified but nevertheless significant domestic market for marijuana. In the past, serving this market has formed an important source of inc …

About 54% of South Africa’s township microenterprises trade in food or drink. More than two-thirds of these are grocery retail businesses in the form of spaza shops and smaller ‘house shops’. These are the predominant businesses within the ‘township ec …