spaza
(South Africa) An informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and remote areas.
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(South Africa) An informal trading post or convenience store found in townships and remote areas.
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.
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