The City of Johannesburg with the assistance of a multi-disciplinary task team from various law enforcement agencies have vowed to remain robust as they continue to inspect compliance of spaza shops in Soweto.for immediate closure of implicated shops to address the recent spate of children becoming sick and dying from eating contaminated food.
Many died and some took ill after consuming suspected poisonous snacks bought from local spaza shops. They welcomed the President’s intervention. “We no longer trust the food products that foreign nationals sell to our kids, to us. If they are allowed to continue to operate, if they comply they should stock products from South African owned factories. They shouldn’t have their own factories because we don’t trust what they are selling. We not sure of the things we eat anymore, maybe we are eating human mince because our kids and brother always disappear. So we don’t know if we are eating their mince.
“I am happy with the President said because we all wanted the President to speak. Second day I am happy to see the City of Johannesburg has also arrived. But we are saying the city must not end here just because President spoke.”