Ramaphosa announces closure of spaza shops implicated in food poisoning deaths

Food poisoning cases have claimed the lives of more than ten children in two months. The cause of the poisoning has not yet been traced, however the children were reported to have fallen sick after consuming food either bought from spaza shops, street vendors or food eaten at school. Gauteng accounted for 10 of the food poisoning fatalities and one was from the Eastern Cape. Six primary schoolchildren  died of poisoning allegedly after consuming snacks from a tuck shop in Naledi, Soweto last month. As part of the government’s response, Ramaphosa said the state needed to regulate…