President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed during his annual National Council of Provinces address in Parliament that over 1000 spaza shops were shut down.
This came after he addressed the nation and called on spaza shops to re-register to comply with the country's lawscurrent affairs journalist, contributed coverage of international and local social issues like health, corruption, education, unemployment, labour, service delivery protests and heritage in South Africa during his seven years at Daily Sun and Vutivi
Ramaphosa is happy that noncompliant spaza shops have been shut down. Images: Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images and Emmanuel Croset / AFP via Getty ImagesRamaphosa delivered his annual National Council of Provinces address in Parliament on 28 November. He revealed that out of the 200,000 spaza shops and warehouses visited, over 1000 have been shut down.
after over 20 people allegedly died from eating food bought from spaza shops. The government has called for the removal of hazardous chemicals and pesticides from the street and the closure of spaza shops implicated in the deaths of children nationwide. Ramaphosa addressed the nation earlier in November and announced that spaza shops had 22 days to re-register and comply with the law. The South African Police Service and the government have also conducted various raids in different parts of the province. Food non-compliant with the country's food and health standards has been confiscated.
Dr Gerhard Verdoorn revealed that he conducted research and found that many informal traders confessed to using galephirimi and storing it near where they prepare and store food.Tebogo Mokwena is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He has a Diploma in Journalism from ALISON. He joined Daily Sun, where he worked for 4 years covering politics, crime, entertainment, current affairs, policy, governance and art.
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