A foreign-owned spaza shop in Naledi that was forcefully shut down by the community. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
Reading the “The great spaza mystery” (Mail & Guardian, 1 to 7 November 2024) about the deaths of six children in Naledi, Soweto, from poisoning reminds one of a report in a daily newspaper about the poisoning of farm workers in 1995 who were given “dop” from an empty aldicarb container.
The residue of this pesticide was sufficient to poison all 24 people.
The press…
