Local business leaders urge Gauteng MEC to prioritise Soweto economy amid food poisoning crisis as authorities in Soweto investigate a series of food poisoning incidents linked to local spaza shops, following the tragic deaths of six children.
Soweto business leaders have pleaded with Gauteng MEC for economic development Lebogang Maile to prioritise them over foreign business owners in the township. Maile met with the shop owners at Naledi Hall on Monday. Picture: Itumeleng English Independent NewspapersThe national Department of Health has said a chemical agent could be behind the series of food poisoning incidents.
There have been other cases of alleged food poisoning involving snacks bought from foreign-owned spaza shops. The incidents have sparked widespread outrage and led to communities shutting down spaza shops in Gauteng and destroying their supplies. The National Consumer Commission has also deployed senior officials to investigate the possibility of a breach of consumer protection regulations.
“A plan has subsequently been hatched to mount a systemic search for the agent causing this malady. Among others, this plan entails unleashing an army of 80 environmental inspectors from the National Department of Health and the City of Johannesburg,” said Mohale. Maile’s visit to Naledi was a component of a larger reaction to the community’s increased anxieties following a string of unfortunate incidents, which included the deaths of six children from illnesses connected to food.
He acknowledged that uncontrolled borders contributed significantly to the influx of illegal immigrants, whose presence has received intense scrutiny amid the growing crisis.
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