Katlego Sekhu
A tragic incident occurred in Alexandra on Saturday when a 10-year-old girl, Lesedi Mulaudzi, passed away.
While the exact circumstances surrounding her death are still unclear, community members allege that she consumed snacks from a local spaza shop. Her mother and sibling were also reportedly hospitalised.
Lesedi’s grieving father expressed his sorrow, stating that the shop owner should have been aware of the safety of the products they were selling.
Please note that this is a developing story.
Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, recently lamented the lack of food safety standards at some of the local spaza shops in Ekurhuleni townships.
The MEC, together with City of Ekurhuleni officials and local councillors, conducted a food safety blitz in the area following the recent spate of deaths and children falling ill after eating snacks from local spaza shops across the country.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced last week that forensic tests unveiled those six primary school children from Naledi, Soweto, who were killed by a highly toxic organophosphate called Terbufos.
The children aged between six and nine had allegedly eaten snacks from a foreign-owned local spaza shop that officials concluded was contaminated by this lethal pesticide.
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