10/10/2024
RESIDENTS URGED TO REPORT SHOPS SELLING EXPIRED GOODS
WOLMARANSSTAD - Maquassi Hills residents have been requested to report foreign national shop owners who sell expired groceries
The Compliance Cluster from the DR Kenneth Kaunda led health inspections in some of the Maquassi Hills local spaza shops to foresee shop owners' compliance. The cluster said, in some foreign national-owned shops, they discovered that owners are selling expired food with some packages non-compliant including cigarettes that were not licensed
The Office of the Premier, together with other Government Departments, the DR KK District Municipality, and other local Municipalities within the district visited the community of Maquassi Hills to render services
Compliance Cluster led by Single Whip of DRKKDM, Cllr Lesie reported that the Committee visited spaza shops that are mostly ran by foreign nationals to inspect. Most of the groceries they are selling were founf expired, with some packages that were also discovered to be non-compliant
The Cluster also discovered cigarettes that were not licensed, other owners were found undocumented. One shop owner was arrested for being undocumented
Previously, the Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Regional Chairperson and MMC for Planning and Development in Maquassi Hills Local Municipality, Tshireletso Malebatsane, engaged in a joint operation with law enforcement agencies where Maquassi Hills foreign nationals owned stores & food distributors dispatched expired products following reports that some of the food packages were illegally processed in unathorised factories
Malebatsane conducted business hygiene & removal of old stocks in some of these stores which were on shelves ready to be sold as fresh products which were not so fresh. Despite concerns over controversies, residents still boughy & used some of those products at their homes
The North West Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, Environment, Tourism, Agriculture and Rural Development, that was chaired by Bitsa Lenkopane, had also called on communities to remain vigilant.
The committee urged the relevant provincial department and other relevant stakeholders to investigate these matters. The committee urged the relevant departments to join hands with municipalities and activists to create awareness to ensure that communities understand that the State is in charge of such businesses (spaza shops)
Maquassi Hills residents are requested to report these matters to the law enforcers when they come across unlawful actions
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Updated: 21:48 10 October 2024 Thursday
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