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Spaza shops inspection underway in Soweto
JOHANNESBURG - Authorities are currently inspecting spaza shops in Soweto. In the past few weeks, several non-compliant spazas were shut down. Some of these small businesses have been linked to ...
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‘We need four months,’ say Soweto spaza shop owners to Ramaphosa on 21-day registration deadline
Spaza shop owners in Naledi, Soweto have voiced frustration with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 21-day deadline for registering their tuck shops, and are demanding an extension of four months amid ...
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Lack of strict access control led to terbufos getting to spaza shops, street vendors – Agriculture Dept
JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Agriculture said "lack of controls" from manufacturers and distributors led to the harmful ...
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Families of 6 Soweto children who died from consuming toxic pesticides left in the lurch
Six children died in October after consuming a toxic chemical known as Terbufos - a banned substance which is only permitted for legal use in the agriculture sector.
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Communities urged to refrain from illegal registration of spaza shops
In October this year, six primary school children from Naledi, Soweto, died after allegedly eating snacks from a foreign-owned local spaza shop. Forensic tests have revealed that they were killed ...
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Concern over food safety contuninues as spaza shop deadline looms
As the 2025 school year is well on its way concern over the children who died last year after eating poisoned food are still rife.
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Urgent food safety concerns raised by community leaders as schools reopen
Neville Williams, who is also a community leader from Soweto, remarked, “We need to enforce stricter laws for spaza shop owners. If they do not meet health and safety criteria, they should not ...