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11-year-old girl dies after eating snacks bought from Spaza Shop, mother in critical condition

11-year-old girl dies after eating snacks bought from Spaza Shop, mother in critical condition

  • An 11-year-old girl in Alexandra has died after consuming snacks from a spaza shop
  • The girl’s mother and four-year-old sibling were also eating and were hospitalized
  • Community members in Alexandra want to meet with landlords who rent properties to foreigners
Angry community members outside the spaza shop are accused of selling the contaminated goods.
Angry community members gathered outside a foreign-owned spaza shop where a family was buying snacks. An 11-year-old died as a result of eating the snacks. Image: submitted.
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An 11-year-old girl has died in Alexandra, reportedly after consuming snacks from a spaza shop.

The girl’s mother and four-year-old brother or sister are in hospital. The mother’s condition is critical.

The tragic incident is the latest in a series people getting sick from eating snacks bought from spaza shops.

Father describes how his daughter died

The 11-year-old’s father explained that his daughter was complaining about the taste of a snack she had eaten. She then asked her mother to try it too, and before his wife did, his four-year-old had already eaten some of the snacks.

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“After an hour, my daughter came out of a toilet complaining of chest pain. We took her to Masakhane clinic but on the way she could not breathe,” he said.

“When we got to the clinic, I dropped her off at the emergency room. We were called after a few minutes and informed of her death,” he added.

Mother and son also admitted

The father further explained that while they were at the hospital, his wife was admitted after complaining of pain.

He then called a neighbor to transport the 4-year-old and also get medical attention.

Both are currently in Edenvale Hospital.

Angry community members

Community members have since taken matters into their own hands and descended on the store accused of selling the contaminated goods.

They have also called for a meeting with landlords to discuss the issue of foreign-owned spaza shops.

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South Africans blame foreign-owned spaza shops

In a related article, Short news reported how South Africans were angry at foreign-owned spaza shops.

This comes next five children were killed in Soweto after allegedly consuming them food which they bought at a spaza shop.

A sixth child was admitted to intensive care after the children reportedly consumed a snack called Brown Dash from a foreign store.

Source: Kort Nieuws