Gauteng schools hit by 'space cake' trend — 15 pupils hospitalised

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A new trend that has resulted in school pupils being hospitalised has prompted authorities to issue warnings against 'space cakes'.

Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi has issued an urgent warning to school pupils not to indulge in 'space cakes' after 15 matric pupils had to receive medical attention on Thursday and Saturday. File photo.A new trend that has resulted in school pupils being hospitalised has prompted authorities to issue warnings against “space cakes”.

Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi on Sunday issued an alert saying he was “concerned with the ongoing trend of learners consuming ‘space cakes’”. According to Lesufi, 11 matric pupils at Randfontein High began feeling sick during school on Thursday. They were rushed to various local medical facilities. Two of them were discharged and sent home while nine were admitted to hospital. One of them was in a critical condition but had since stabilised.

 

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