Minister Ntshavheni: South Africans must be the ones who decide not to buy from spaza shops

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said that South Africans must be the ones who make the decision not to buy from spaza shops.

Ntshavheni said it was also the courts that stopped a government initiative to have all foreigner-owned spaza shops in the country registered while she was still the Small Business Development Minister.

She was speaking at a post-cabinet briefing on Thursday, where she was asked about the recent deaths of five children after consuming products bought from a spaza shop in Naledi.

Ntshavheni said the issue of spaza shop regulation was a long-standing matter from her previous portfolio.

She said that attempts to register spaza shops were defeated in court, which left the government powerless.

“That drive continued but it was South Africans who took us to court, saying you cannot force the registration.”

She said it was now up to South Africans to deal with the sector accused of selling expired food.

“We must take a decision as a society that we are not buying at the spaza shops. We are not buying at spaza shops where we are not sure where they are buying their products.”

Ntshavheni said South Africans must also demand to see any form of registration with local authorities the next time they head to a spaza shop.

-EWN

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