Spaza shops still awaiting registration outcome will not be penalised [SOUND]

# Small Business Development minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, says last Friday’s deadline does not mean that the problems and challenges of compliance by spaza shops and food handling outlets are over. Sunday marked exactly 107 days since president Cyril Ramaphosa announced the registration of all spaza shops and food-handling outlets following deaths related to foodborne illnesses. Ndabeni-Abrahams says spaza shops and food-handling businesses that applied to register their businesses but were awaiting their registration outcomes will not be penalised: