Lucky's Mfowethu Spaza

Lucky's Mfowethu Spaza in NU 5

There are at least 100.000 spaza shops in South Africa with an estimated 40.000 located in Gautend - with a collective turnover of R 7 billion per annum. Spaza Shops or Tuck Shops are informal convenience shops, usually run from home.

They also serve the purpose of supplementing household incomes of the owners, selling everyday small household items.

These shops grew as a result of sprawling townships, that made travel to formal shopping places more dirfficult or expensive.

Each Spaza shop employs in average one or two people.

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Call your mother, or your aunt, your uncle and your friend.

Does not matter.

Just call someone and say Hi how are you!
Call because you can.
I am going to call my mother.

Medium To Rare

If you are a Vegetarian or a Vegan you might want to skip this post.

But if you love and appreciate meat like many African people do, then the meat section of the Hi-Way market might just be right for you. Not everybody can afford meat and a meal with a hearty tasty piece of meat, a stew of tribe cooked with spices and vegetables is simply and purely considered happiness. And it is.

Every morning the tables are topped up with fresh meat

And there is no lack of intestines as well. For the tribe and liver lovers this is the place to get it.

You can buy every desired part of the animal, inside and outside - if available of course.

All the delicacies that have crowned European butchery tables many years back and that can not be sold anymore nowadays, because of diseases like BSE and Mad Cow disease, can still be found here.

There is never shortage of company

Some ladies work together

and are helping each other with cleaning and cutting the meat into portions, dealing and selling to costumers and every other task that their business entails.

And to safeguard the money two are always better than one.

Others however prefer to work alone

and have their shop space and time to themselves.

You can also order from the ladies if you are looking for something specific like a whole cow head.
They will get it from the farmers that supply them.

This meat when nicely cleaned and prepared is really good, Pelisa explains.

Sololo Jah Mafu

We met Sololo Jah Mafu today for the first time. 

He crafts beautiful leather sandals and bags. Everything is handmade and hand-stitched.

And his smile is as infatuating as his products. 

He sells his products on the Mdantsane Hi-Way market.

We love his products because they have that real handmade unique look. 

They have soul !

Solo is one of many talented artists in Mdantsane.

With more support and more capital we could imagine him develop a line of great leather accessories for men and women. What South Africa needs is more support for the individual craftsmen and artists. 

There are many programs for crafts associations and groups but very few for individuals.

Sololo Jah Mafu is another example of someone who has developed a skill and is able to take it to another level. And we hope he will.

People are active and innovative in Mdantsane!

Twenty Five For A Bag - Winter Vegetables

This lady is selling delicious looking fresh vegetables on the Hi-Way central market.

Everything needed for a good warming winter soup like carrots, potatoes, onions, green pepper  and cabbage can be found here and bought cheaper than in town.

with one of her friends keeping her company.

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It is definitely worth it

Some large companies have already left their mark on the South-African society big time. 

The whole Kentucky Fried Chicken Family   

offering what they do best.
American Style Food for Africans. 

THANDO THE FRIDGE DOCTOR