spaza

spaza (plural spazas)

1. (South Africa) An informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and remote areas.
   • 2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 105:

     I walk briskly away from the howling child and the burly cop and the snickering shoppie. And into the first spaza I can find, for a Ghost.

   • 2011, Dan Banik, The Legal Empowerment Agenda (page 59)

     The study found that spazas predominantly source their supplies from large wholesalers such as Macro, Metro and Cash and Carry.

• Zapas