The Public Protector has found that Gauteng municipalities are failing to adequately enforce food safety and hygiene regulations at spaza shops and other informal food outlets, following a systemic investigation triggered by child deaths linked to suspected food poisoning.

The Public Protector has found that Gauteng municipalities are failing to adequately enforce food safety and hygiene regulations at spaza shops and other informal food outlets,…

Public Protector: Gauteng’s food safety system compromised by corruption, weak enforcement and governance failures

South Africans are colluding with foreigners in running spaza shops and street-vendor outlets in Gauteng, some of which have been linked to contaminated food sales