Business owners in Louis Trichardt and across the province are voicing their frustration over the government's drive to compel all formal businesses to register and apply for trading licences. This follows President Cyril Ramaphosa's directive on 13 November that all spaza shop owners must register their businesses within 21 days. The directive came in response to a series of fatal food-poisoning incidents across South Africa.
Although President Ramaphosa's directive aims to strengthen...