Maile explains requirements for spaza shops to be registered in Gauteng
The registration points will be open to communities across all eight municipalities in the province as government aims to create a database of all spaza shops.
The families of five children who died on Sunday after allegedly consuming chips from a local spaza shop in Naledi, Soweto, are looking for closure.
JOHANNESBURG - Seventy registration points have been established across Gauteng for spaza shop operators to register their businesses.
The registration points will be open to communities across all eight municipalities in the province as government aims to create a database of all spaza shops.
This follows a series of foodborne illness and contamination incidents across the country that have claimed the lives of 22 children.
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During a media briefing in Joburg on Tuesday afternoon, MEC for Finance and Economic Development Lebogang Maile outlined the requirements that spaza shop operators will need when registering their business.
"These include a correctly filled-in application form that provides personal and business details; a certified and valid copy of a South African ID; proof of residence; business registration with the CIPC; proof of ownership or permission to utilise business premises; zoning certificate and consent use or special consent use or comment from municipal city planning; certificate of acceptability or comment from environmental health supporting the application; and the municipality determined payment before a business license may be issued."
These requirements need to be submitted within 21 days.