Lerato Mbhiza
Two children from the West Rand have passed away after allegedly eating poisonous food they bought from a taxi rank on Wednesday night.
The incident comes days after two four-year-old-children in Naledi in Soweto died allegedly after eating biscuits from a foreign-owned spaza shop.
Provincial police commissioner Elias Mawela said that police investigations were underway to determine the cause of death.
“Two children bought some food. Unfortunately, we’ve lost those two children. The other three who were treated and discharged, they’re going to help us to look for the people who sold the food to them.”
The latest incident of children being killed after allegedly consuming food bought from spaza shops is unfortunately not the first .
In 2021 two siblings from Mpumalanga died after sharing a packet of noodles bought from a spaza shop. Thato Makofane (9) and her brother, Keamoketswe (13), died within a short period
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