Spaza shop crackdown echoes apartheid repression, says Free Market Foundation

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‘The raft of new regulations being brought to bear is reminiscent of apartheid-era tactics that stifled economic growth and opportunity for millions. ’

Gauteng Finance MEC Lebogang Maile recently said that if he could do anything he wanted, all spaza shop owners would have to apply again for licences and operate under tight scrutiny. Picture: Jacques Naude / Independent NewspapersSouth Africa is reintroducing rules that formerly stifled black enterprise during apartheid, according to the Free Market Foundation’s Eustace Davie.

“The raft of new regulations being brought to bear is reminiscent of apartheid-era tactics that stifled economic growth and opportunity for millions,” Davie said.all spaza shop owners would have to apply again for licences“Whether you call it a state of emergency or disaster, there has to be drastic action because this situation has gone out of control. It’s a crisis...

Maile and other government officials have visited the countless sad families in Gauteng whose children died after eating snacks to convey their condolences and support.

 

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