This follows recent allegations that six children died after consuming snacks from a spaza shop - believed to have been contaminated with poison.
JOHANNESBURG - Controversial organisation Operation Dudula is launching a pilot project in Naledi, Soweto, to grow the township economy by providing locals with the resources to open and operate spaza shops.
The movement's leader, Zandile Dabula, says this is to allow locals to start and grow their businesses. She says recent inspections conducted by health officials on foreign-owned spaza shops following the deaths of six children in Naledi, was a reactive attempt to correct the government’s shortfalls.
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