Miniso South Africa has officially launched with a store at Pretoria’s Menlyn Park Shopping Centre, with another 50 outlets in the pipeline.

The Chinese discount merchandise chain is also opening at Maponya Mall in Soweto, to be followed by stores in Gauteng, Forest Hill in Kyalami and Norwood Mall in Johannesburg, reports Marklives.com.

Cape Town and Durban stores will be launched next month.

With more than 2000 stores in 62 countries, the Chinese discount merchandise chain had global sales of US$1.5 billion last year.