JOHANNESBURG - The ANC has mandated its deployees in government to shut down all spaza shops.
This is as incidents of foodborne illnesses escalate.
The party says people, particularly children, can't keep dying while some stores are operating illegally.
"As we regulate the environment, close the spaza shops," said ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula.
"Let everything open from fresh and at the same time with the same standards in the country so that we know which spaza shop is legal or illegal."