Spaza Shop Support Fund Tightens Controls Amid Allegations of Foreign Beneficiary Fronts
By Odwa Bafana Mkentane The Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development says it supports stricter controls and due diligence measures to ensure that the Spaza Shop Support Fund reaches its intended beneficiaries. The committee’s comments follow allegations that funds had been channelled to spaza shops operated by foreign nationals through South African fronts. During an engagement with the Department of Small Business Development and the Small Enterprise Development Finance Agency […]