23 ARRESTED IN LAVUMISA RAID

NHLANGANO – Some Lavumisa shops were yesterday fined for selling expired goods to members of the public. 

This was a discovery made by officers from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade, jointly with the police and Shiselweni Regional Secretary Zwakele Dlamini during a raid of non-complying shops in the town. 

It was noted that shops were getting lax in complying with the COVID-19 regulations in the Shiselweni Region and 23 were arrested for breaching the regulations along with those who were selling expired goods. 

The compliance team was on the ground arresting non-complying members of the public, together with shop owners as they raided Lavumisa town. 

non-compliance

It was noted that most of the non-compliance came from the shops, firms and salons. 

It was stated that the firms were, last week, warned against non-compliance and yesterday, some were eventually arrested. 

The shops that were found to have been selling expired foods were over 15 while others were arrested for non-compliance. 

The goods are estimated to be over E20 000 combined.

Most of excuses given by the shop owners were that they were not aware that the food items had expired. 

One of them stated that this was due to slow business and it would skip their mind to check if the goods could still be sold. 

It was further established that in Nhlangano on Wednesday, about 52 people were arrested for not wearing masks in a day’s operation. 

The people included those in the public transport sector and in private vehicles who were more than one inside the vehicle. 

Worth mentioning is that even those who had not covered their noses were considered as not wearing a mask.

When sought for comment, Dlamini confirmed the figures. He stated that they were worried about the fact that people had been buying expired goods. 

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“We confiscated the food items and charged the shop owners,” he said. 

Dlamini emphasised that the people were fully aware of what they were expected to do except that they chose to do it only when they saw the police. 

He stated that they would continuously arrests all non-complying citizens.

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