Residents have created their own businesses to generate an income, due to the high unemployment rate.
Street food is popular, but how hygienic is it?
Environmental health practitioners inspect restaurants to ensure the food is healthy and suitable for human consumption.
Some vendors make shacks to prepare the food.
Some sit on the side of the road and sell food, including meat, corn and vetkoek.
The food is exposed to dust, rubbish and the sun the whole day.
Some of these places are suited next to barber tents and the food is always open.
According to Ms Marie Prinsloo, environmental health practitioner in Gert Sibande, food that is not handled correctly will cause food poisoning.
“If food is not stored in a cool and clean environment, it will be contaminated,” she said.
She also said they inspect street vendors selling food.
“We train them on how to handle food.
“We also visit one sub-district within Gert Sibande every quarter and interact with the vendors,” Ms Prinsloo concluded.
There is currently no environmental health practitioner in Standerton to further investigate the matter.
Mr Fanie Peens, the previous environmental health practitioner, recently resigned.
