JOHANNESBURG – Gauteng residents will learn about new regulations regulating spaza shops on Sunday, as authorities respond to a rise in cases of fatal food poisoning.

In recent weeks, dozens of people, most of them children, have died after eating contaminated food allegedly bought in Spaza shops.

These sometimes fatal incidents have prompted the government to intensify its efforts to confront the crisis and find solutions.

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Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi will outline the statutes and regulations applicable to spaza shop operations.

He will meet with executive council members, municipal leaders and department heads to coordinate a provincial response.

Lesufi said these tragic incidents require urgent and collaborative action at government, business and community levels.

He is expected to brief the media at the Sci-Bno Discovery Center in Newtown, Johannesburg.