Gauteng To Standardise Trading By-laws For Tuckshops

The Gauteng government has announced plans to overhaul by-laws for municipal regulation of township tuck shops .

This follows multiple foodborne illness cases that resulted in the hospitalisation of hundreds of children and 23 deaths across the province, reportedly linked to snacks bought at these shops.

Gauteng Provincial spokesperson Vuyo Mhaga says the revised by-laws would apply to all traders in townships.

"It will be about really, not necessarily spaza shops, actually all traders in the townships. You find that in Ekurhuleni theyve got their own by-laws, the way they do things. In Tshwane, theyve got their own by-laws, in Johannesburg theyve got their own by-laws."

Mhaga further outlined the goal for uniform by-laws to streamline enforcement and ensure consistency.