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Food Safety | Spaza shop owners plead for deadline extension

Spaza shop owners plead for deadline extension

BUFFALO CITY - Spaza shop owners in Buffalo City are lined up outside municipal offices to register their businesses. 

This follows President Cyril Ramaphosa's directive for all spaza shop owners to register within 21 days. 

READ: Food safety | Officials raid Buffalo City spaza shops

But, some owners are pleading for the deadline to be extended so they can get their documents in order.

The shop owners say they've been targeted unfairly. 

They allege that the suspected drugs found in packets of chips were inserted on purpose. This follows an increase in cases of suspected food poisoning.

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