Expired meat found at Gauteng butcheries
“They also clear people who are in debt, from ITC. Police have seized everything inside the shop, including the computers and machines they were using,” said Mazibuko.
Later, Mazibuko was present when a nearby supermarket was raided for selling expired food items.
She said some of the items had expired in 2018 and 2019.
The shop owner, also a foreign national, was found operating with a fake company registration. It was suspected to have been obtained from the internet café.
‘Taken for a ride’
“The owner failed to explain why he was selling expired things. These are the things that show us our communities are taken for a ride by people, some of them not documented.
“They found us fast asleep in South Africa and commit these offences. It is also us as South Africans who come and buy these expired items because we believe they are cheap.
“One thing I like about these coronavirus operations is that it showed us that we haven’t been keeping tabs on such things,” said Mazibuko.
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Mazibuko called on people to continue informing authorities about any wrongdoing.
“You can’t, as a South African, watch when wrong things are done in your area and remain silent. Report them and continue sending information. If you don’t trust your local police, confront your local CPF and share such information on our hotline numbers or through our social media accounts,” Mazibuko said.
Meanwhile, an individual was arrested for transporting sheep which had allegedly been stolen. Mazibuko said the person was arrested on the N12.
