Spaza shop fund reaches only a fraction of intended beneficiaries, MPs told
Only a fraction of the R500m fund disbursed so far Briefing the portfolio committee on small business development, the department’s deputy director-general Qinisile Delwa said that by 31 July 2026, a total of 5 327 complete applications had been received for the Spaza Shop Support Fund, of which 5 064 had been assessed.
Parliament’s small business development portfolio committee on Wednesday heard that just over a quarter of the R500 million Spaza Shop Support Fund had been approved eight months after its launch.
So far, only 1 026 spaza shop owners had been trained, against 1 386 approved applications.
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