• Police are investigating the death of a nine-year-old girl from suspected food poisoning in Alexandra.
• The child’s mother and younger brother were rushed to hospital for treatment after reporting chest and stomach pains.
• Tensions have increased in the northern Johannesburg township following the incident on Saturday evening (November 2).
• Police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi told Briefly News that a joint multidisciplinary investigation was underway.

ALEXANDRA — Gauteng police monitored tense scenes outside a spaza shop in Alexandra township, north of Johannesburg CBD, following the alleged death of a child from food poisoning.

This comes after a mother and her two children consumed suspected contaminated snacks on Saturday, November 2, 2024.

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One of the minors, who, according to police information, is a nine-year-old girl, died. Their mother, Maria Molaudi, and her four-year-old son were reportedly taken to Edenvale Hospital.

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Molaudi remained in critical condition Sunday after reporting severe chest and stomach cramps around 7 p.m.

Meanwhile, angry community members gathered at the spaza and vandalized the structure, ripping off its roof.

In brief News It appears the store owner contacted the Alexanda Police Department to open a malicious property damage case.

Shops in the area remained closed in an increasingly unstable context. Police have appealed for calm as they investigate an investigation.

Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said In brief News health experts would help detectives investigate the incident.

“We have assembled a team of detectives, working with other experts, to investigate this death,” Nevhuhulwi said.

Source: In brief news