MEC of Finance and Economic Development Lebogang Maile will visit Soweto this weekend to interact with spaza shop owners and informal traders.
MEC Maile has received disturbing reports to the effect that the residents of Naledi / Tladi, in Soweto, are destroying, shutting down and looting foreign-owned spaza shops . “I will visit the affected areas (Soweto) this coming weekend to interact with spaza shop owners and informal traders”, said MEC Maile.
MEC Maile has urged the community to remain calm and desist from taking the law into their own hands, in response to the tragedy that befell school learners who died after allegedly consuming contaminated snacks.
“We don’t want lawlessness in Gauteng and people should not take the law into their own hands. We will intensify the Qondis’ Ishishini Lakho – Fix Your Business campaign, as a powerful instrument to crack down on non-complaint businesses across the province, especially in Townships “, continued MEC Maile. The MEC launched the compliance campaign in Thembisa last month to encourage businesses to comply with consumer laws and regulations. This ongoing multi-stakeholder compliance campaign ensures that all possible areas of non-compliance are monitored and flagged in our communities. Compliance notices are issued and fines are levied against businesses that are found to be violating consumer laws and health regulations.
MEC Maile has reaffirmed ANC-led provincial government of local unity will continue to support township-based SMMEs, as part of the government’s plan of transforming the ownership and control patterns of Gauteng’s economy, and of restoring the dignity of our historically marginalised and excluded Black majority.
Issued by the Gauteng Department of Economic Development.
For media inquiries and further information, please contact: Castro Ngobese, MEC Spokesperson: Finance and Economic Development Mobile: 060 997 7790 and Email: Castro.Ngobese@gauteng.gov.za
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Issued by the Gauteng Department of Economic Development
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