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<big>'''By Vanya Gastrow, Department of Public Law, University of Cape Town, South Africa'''</big> | <big>'''By Vanya Gastrow, Department of Public Law, University of Cape Town, South Africa'''</big> | ||
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|style="font-size:1.1em;"| In South Africa, a '' | |style="font-size:1.1em;"| In South Africa, a ''spaza'' shop is a small informal grocery shop operated from residential premises in townships. The term ''spaza'' lacks clear etymological roots (Spiegel 2005: 192<ref>Spiegel, A. 2005. ‘Refracting an Elusive South African Urban Citizenship: Problems with tracking spaza’, in S. L. Robins (ed.), Limits to Liberation After Apartheid: Citizenship, Governance & Culture. Oxford: James Currey: 190-205.</ref>). One view is that it originates from the Zulu word ''isiphazamiso'' or Xhosa word ''isiphazamisa'', both meaning something that causes a disturbance or hindrance (Spiegel: 195<ref>Spiegel, A. 2005. ‘Refracting an Elusive South African Urban Citizenship: Problems with tracking spaza’, in S. L. Robins (ed.), Limits to Liberation After Apartheid: Citizenship, Governance & Culture. Oxford: James Currey: 190-205.</ref>). This interpretation supports the common belief that ''spaza'' shops first emerged during boycotts of white businesses in South Africa in the late 1970s and garnered the name ''spaza'' because they were seen as enabling the disturbance of apartheid and white-dominated institutions. Yet, as early as the 1960s ''spaza'' was also understood to mean cheap, fake and imitation, or to tease and fool around (Spiegel: 196-197, 202<ref>Spiegel, A. 2005. ‘Refracting an Elusive South African Urban Citizenship: Problems with tracking spaza’, in S. L. Robins (ed.), Limits to Liberation After Apartheid: Citizenship, Governance & Culture. Oxford: James Currey: 190-205.</ref>) indicating several different and contrasting etymological roots. | ||
The term ''spaza'' lacks clear etymological roots (Spiegel 2005: 192<ref>Spiegel, A. 2005. ‘Refracting an Elusive South African Urban Citizenship: Problems with tracking spaza’, in S. L. Robins (ed.), Limits to Liberation After Apartheid: Citizenship, Governance & Culture. Oxford: James Currey: 190-205.</ref>). One view is that it originates from the Zulu word ''isiphazamiso'' or Xhosa word ''isiphazamisa'', both meaning something that causes a disturbance or hindrance (Spiegel: 195<ref>Spiegel, A. 2005. ‘Refracting an Elusive South African Urban Citizenship: Problems with tracking spaza’, in S. L. Robins (ed.), Limits to Liberation After Apartheid: Citizenship, Governance & Culture. Oxford: James Currey: 190-205.</ref>). This interpretation supports the common belief that ''spaza'' shops first emerged during boycotts of white businesses in South Africa in the late 1970s and garnered the name ''spaza'' because they were seen as enabling the disturbance of apartheid and white-dominated institutions. Yet, as early as the 1960s ''spaza'' was also understood to mean cheap, fake and imitation, or to tease and fool around (Spiegel: 196-197, 202<ref>Spiegel, A. 2005. ‘Refracting an Elusive South African Urban Citizenship: Problems with tracking spaza’, in S. L. Robins (ed.), Limits to Liberation After Apartheid: Citizenship, Governance & Culture. Oxford: James Currey: 190-205.</ref>) indicating several different and contrasting etymological roots. | |||
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