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ICYMI: More learners rushed to hospital after eating scones at Soweto school Six more learners from the Lofentse Girls High School in Soweto have been rushed to hospital for alleged food poisoning.

Six more learners from theTeachers at the school comforted the ailing patients, before they were transported to hospital.

Parents sounded the alarm on possible food poisining after their kids bought the scones, allegedly, from a fellow learner.Gauteng police spokesperson, Kay Makhubele, says a sample of the scones in question has been taken for analysis to establish what could have caused the learners to fall ill.Call for stricter regulations of food sales at schools, last weekend called on the Department of Education to register informal traders at schools.

“We wish to call upon MEC of Education that they must start registering all people that are selling at the schools. Because once you know who is selling and who is selling what, you would be able to avert such things. A 21-year-old has been arrested. I suspect she overdosed this time because she says they are in demand. We need parents also to come on board. You must know what your children are eating at school.

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