Compliance
Track registration, licensing and food-safety readiness against evolving national policy.
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Formalising the informal, without erasing it.
Khula is a comprehensive business management platform built for the Khula Foundation NPC — empowering communities through organised, formalised business.
9 provinces covered
5,038 outlets on the registry
Khula Foundation NPC
The shelves that stock a nation
Our Mission
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Bringing structure to the backbone of township retail
Spaza shops are the primary retail channel for millions of South Africans — but the sector runs largely informally, with only about one in eight shops registered with SARS. That informality limits access to finance, compliance support and growth.
Khula was built to close that gap: a single platform that carries a shop from an unregistered outlet to a monitored, compliant and growing business — from national oversight all the way down to the individual counter.
The registration gap
Only 12% of spaza shops are registered with SARS.
12% registered88% still informal
0Spaza shops nationally
0Outlets on the registry
0Provinces covered
Trading for generations — the shops Khula brings onto the registry.
Why It Matters
Reform created urgency. Data creates opportunity.
The 2024 food-safety crisis and the national registration drive that followed made one thing clear: the informal economy needs tools, not just enforcement.
Visibility
Provincial analytics and a single registry give oversight bodies real numbers, not estimates.
Growth
Connect compliant shops to wholesale supply, support funds and the tools to scale.
How We Work
Register. Equip. Monitor. Scale.
The same four-step journey underpins every shop on the platform.
01
Register & Assign
Onboard
Register outlet locations with GPS coordinates and assign shop operators.
02
Configure & Equip
Equip
Set up lottery terminals, EFTPOS devices and stock catalogues.
03
Monitor & Manage
Monitor
Track implementation status, field operations and compliance in real time.
04
Analyse & Scale
Scale
Generate provincial reports, identify gaps and grow operations nationwide.
Our Team & Partners
On the ground, building the network
Khula is built and run by a South African team working directly with shop owners, coordinators and national partners — not from a distance.
In partnership with the National Lottery
Meet the team
At the Home of the National Lottery
Walking partners through
Setting up POS terminals
Join the mission
Help formalise and grow South Africa's informal economy — one shop at a time.