• 11-year-old girl in Alexandra dies after consuming snacks at Spaza store
• The girl’s mother and her 4-year-old brother also attended the tea party and were admitted to the hospital.
• Alexandra community members want to meet landlords who rent properties to foreigners

An 11-year-old girl has died in Alexandra, apparently after consuming snacks at a Spaza store.

The girl’s mother and her 4-year-old brother are hospitalized. The mother is said to be in critical condition.

This tragic incident is the latest in a series of people get sick after eating snacks bought in Spaza stores.

Father describes how his daughter died

The father of the 11-year-old girl said his daughter was complaining about the taste of a snack she ate. She then asked her mother to try it too, and before her wife, her 4-year-old son had already eaten a few snacks.

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“After an hour, my daughter came out of the toilet complaining of chest pain. We took her to Masakhane clinic, but she was unable to breathe on the way,” 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 his death,” he added.

The 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 also transport the 4-year-old so he could get medical attention.

Both are currently at Edenvale Hospital.

Angry community members

Community members have since taken matters into their own hands and visited the store accused of selling the contaminated products.

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

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South Africans blame foreign-owned Spaza stores

In a related article, In brief News reported how South Africans were unhappy with foreign-owned spaza shops.

This comes after five children were killed in Soweto after they had consumed food which they bought in a spaza store.

A sixth child was admitted to intensive care after they allegedly consumed a snack called Brown Dash from a foreign store.

Source: In brief news