Minister of Small Business Development Stella Ndabeni Abrahams is concerned about children who keep losing their lives after eating snacks. Image: @Stellarated shared via X.
(The Post News)- Minister of Small Business Development Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams sheds light on the concern about children who lost their lives after eating snacks bought from the tuck shops, indicating that the tuck shop owners do not produce food. However, this doesn’t mean Ndabeni-Abrahams is against the collaboration among various government departments to raise awareness about food safety standards, as she insists it is a necessity.
According to the minister, spaza shops play an important role in different places and are aimed at making profits, but the lives of the people must be taken into consideration irrespective of whether they are profitable or not. Ndabeni-Abrahams cited an example in which six children from Naledi, Soweto, died as a result of a toxic insecticide found in food samples. According to her, everyone should play an important part in saving a life; thus, the government has set up a Township Economy Task Force, composed of food manufacturers.
She revealed that the National Consumer Commission is one of the various government entities with whom they are collaborating to ensure that no more people die as a result of the snacks they consume. Additionally, she elaborated that all these government efforts are broader strategies initiated in October 2023, not conducted because of the recent incident. In conclusion, the minister emphasized the importance of the spaza shop owners being registered so that it is easy to identify them.
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