Gauteng Education Dept urges communities to monitor food consumed by pupils

JOHANNESBURG - The Gauteng education department has urged communities in the province to check the safety of food children consume, after 62 pupils had to seek medical attention in Tshwane.

The pupils were rushed to healthcare facilities in two separate incidents this week after falling ill at school from allegedly consuming snacks they bought from street vendors. These incidents come weeks after two children died in Soweto from allegedly eating biscuits they bought from a local spaza shop."We are now seeing so many cases where learners are consuming food that is probably poisonous, food that takes them to clinics or they are transferred to hospitals. It's quite concerning really," said Mabona.

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