Wholesalers make R150,000 a day selling eggs to informal township traders

• R150,000 a day
• These wholesalers are large, established businesses that supply the informal economy and are VAT-registered, contributing to the fiscus and absorbing millions of South Africans who cannot find jobs in the formal economy.
• The informal economy is valued at R200 billion a year, with a net benefit of about R85 billion a year to the fiscus from traders purchasing goods from wholesalers.