Casket bearing the body of 5-year-old Siyabonga Mnisi who died from suspected food poisoning after allegedly buying snacks from a spaza shop in Diepkloof, Soweto.International Relations Minister, Ronald Lamola has called on South Africans to allow authorities to deal with the issue of foreign-owned spaza shops.
At least 20 children have died of suspected food poisoning, while hundreds others were admitted to hospital.“That should be left to law enforcement; obviously communities have a role to play … but allow law enforcement agencies to do their job as they are already doing it by inspecting, by ensuring the food that is there in the shelfs is not expired…”
Five-year-old Siyabonga Mnisi from Diepkloof in Soweto is being buried today. He died on Wednesday from suspected food poisoning after consuming snacks allegedly brought from a local spaza shop.