'Investigate if incidents of poisoning aren't deliberate'

[@hgfku-tn6hb]

We're far from getting a solution as long as we keep defending foreigners. If this is a mistake, why only in townships?

[@ndwekazim4881]

Vele how come is it so?

[@sandindamae.iwantmetowin5652]

THE GOVERNMENT IS SCARED OF OTHER GOVERNMENTS WHO DON’T CARE ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE WHO COME HERE AND MESS UP OUR COUNTRY. WE ALSO DO HAVE SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RESOURCE AND NGO WHO DEFEND AND SUPPORT THESE TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHILE SOUTH AFRICAN RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED AND TORMENTED BY THESE TYPES OF THESE PEOPLE AND THE EVIL THINGS THEY DO. WE WERE FIGHTING AGAINST EVIL APARTHEID REGIME BUT NOW WHILE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RESTING AND HEALING FROM THE EUROPEAN TRAUMA OF 1652 UNTIL 1994 WE ARE INSTEAD DEALING WITH THESE COMPLICATED MULTITUDE AND MULTIFACETED CHALLENGES AND DILEMAS

[@sandindamae.iwantmetowin5652]

SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS INSTEAD OF SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RESOURCES….PARDON ME

[@TawandaPiano]

So long as there's some people who want to discredit others for economic reasons or political reasons, there is going to be unfortunate victims. And the naive will not give it a thorough thought.

[@User-.-_007-s]

​@@TawandaPianoillegal pirates causing chaos on land now

[@matrix0085]

In my opinion, as a country, we need to investigate what is the story behind the story....Something is not adding up!!!! Do we know whether the food from the manufacturer tested for the chemical??? Or is it at the township shop level only????🤔 Should we as a country be alarmed and concerned????? We as a country need transparency on this matter

[@DrAndy_Alpha]

If you know actually think about it why is it only kids dying ? Adults eat these foods as well and even the spaza shop owners this chemicals is highly toxic and can actually affect you even if it’s on your clothes in the hospital if you’re exposed to this and come to emergency they have to actually dispose of all your clothes even as a health care worker your clothes should be disposed of

[@matrix0085]

@DrAndy_Alpha Thanks for sharing,much appreciated. This govt is not transparent on the matter. Schools are closing soon, we all must have a plan of action, or the numbers are going to rocket. We also need to be informed at ground level we can put measures in place. Registered shops is long term, but has the products been removed and destroyed in the shops, or it will just continue!!!!

[@matrix0085]

@@DrAndy_Alpha Sir my first thought, was maybe they were drugged for human trafficking, the dose was strong, then when it was released that the chemical is POSION, I wondered what is actually going on, because it's children 5- 9yrs only!!!

[@DrAndy_Alpha]

@ yeah you know with organophosphate is actually quite lethal and serious emergency which requires a specific antidote if I can say to neutralise it even then a lot of patient require intubation to be able to even breathe so for let’s say drugging and immobilising it’s not the best agent because it’s quite lethal and hard to manage something better would be maybe like diazepam used to treat insomnia and anxiety but something isn’t adding up I agree

[@DrAndy_Alpha]

@@matrix0085 I believe the only course to avoid buying for now , but something is coming up . Because if you look at it these shops use the pesticides to kill rodents I guess why is it only this year all the sudden all these deaths are taking place. And when they sent environmental specialists to examine some of the products in one of the places where a child died they found in prelim investigation no contamination so it’s quite a case needs heavy investigation but all kids and adults refrain from buying for now

[@itumelengmakgetla1837]

Now we are going somewhere, thanks prof.

[@suminthraoojugir9041]

Yes, I was also explaining to my learners as to why they may not buy. It is definitely not food borne. Food borne will be like listeriosis, e-coli. I was so afraid to lose my class learners that I told them not to share, buy other than cooked and given by their parents. I also told my learners to tell their parents to make fresh chips rather than packet chips. I was so frighten to lose one of my 74 learners. Rushen, Trishen and Suminthra Oojugir Kwa Zulu Natal South Africa

[@busisiwemichelle5391]

Thank you soo much for looking out for them

[@nonhlanhlasithole1393]

An wise person could see that the foreigners story is not adding up...the poisoning appears to be well orchestrated... Perhaps to agigitate the public against foreigners for political scores or perhaps for other reasons....

[@Tinker8531]

One foreigner setting up other foreigners because he wants to own all the shops could be behind all of this. You do have turf wars all the time.

[@mishecksipolo7153]

Politics has something to do with this,we shall understand clearly by and by

[@mindloz23]

Who stands to benefit the most from these food poisoning cases? Who wants in on the lucrative township economy? Time will tell.

[@mrm7505]

Scary and disgusting what lengths some will go to for profits but not surprising. As always, you correct follow the money and find the likely culprits.

[@xavierpaidamhosva1671]

Prof is saying exactly what l have been saying on my socials that the method is wrong and this is deliberate.... and the coverage is deliberate! Woolies had the same case a year or two ago and the media went numb on the issue... #Boxer #Spar

[@Tinker8531]

Its not like foreign spaza shops buy their stock for their shops from Boxer and Spar, they buy stock from their own people. Maybe it could be one foreigner who wants to own all the spaza shops in the township, who is selling poisoned stock from his warehouses to spaza shops he wants to take over.

[@diatilenthoba8262]

This is a disaster...get rid of those warehouses...stop this bo my friend to register tuckshops or selling food items in totality... clearly they have no clue on what is required when opening spaza shops.

[@blacgaz6419]

The government only cares about profits

[@zodwagumede5700]

Yes it is deliberate

[@DragonReaper1998]

How do you fill up an entire warehouse full of expired and poisoned food by accident then sell it to townships by accident?? Of course it's deliberate.

[@johan3299]

What is going on, why are focusing on expiration date, we should be looking for the source....

[@emilysimelane6376]

Satisfactory answers, thank you Prof

[@Eric_SA]

I've learned that whenever a story breaks, look at who has to gain about that story. For me its the retail shops like Shoprite and Pick n' Pay, they want to remove spaza shops and then maybe install their containers

[@nhlanhlatseko5172]

I agree, looking at expired products only is a waste of time. All spaza shops needs to be closed and be certified according to R638. Someone please school me, why are foreigners have such businesses in SA?

[@matrix0085]

@@nhlanhlatseko5172 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣It's the ANC's " We African & One Africa"...When you hear the word ANC, I need not explain further about, their incompetence!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nhlanhlatseko5172]

​@@matrix0085Don't even mention those people, they make me angry

[@mashobane6177]

Because the Local people are Dom

[@janomesteve3129]

Still we support these foreigners Still we vote ANC

[@celiajames600]

What if it's not foreigners doing the poisoning? Think about it..why would they sabotage their business? What if it's someone wanting foreigners to be blamed?

[@matrix0085]

@@janomesteve3129 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣" S.A.CITIZENS DO NOT LISTEN..." We African & We one Africa:🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nirigovender5390]

God plz help us resolve this issues

[@bathenebuthelezi1614]

The government and our intelligence know something that we don't know😢😮. Government is so chilled about dealing with foreigners in this country

[@lazyXENOPHOBICSouthAfrican011]

any South African who still supports malema. MSUNU WAKHO. MSUNU ka malema. MSUNU ka ramaphosa.

[@Ritesh-yy1zr]

Tell them

[@zodwagumede5700]

Louder

[@YT-xk5jl]

@Ritesh-yy1zr With a name like Ritesh, you are also a foreigner so you must tell all that to your people.

[@Ritesh-yy1zr]

@@YT-xk5jl I ain't no foreigner. Go clean up SA

[@masakaunga4099]

Nawe MSUNU WAKHO YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING THIS IS JUST A PLOY DON'T YOU KNOW

[@nareshsingh3394]

Please tell the PUBLIC WHO ARE THE OWNERS OF THIS FACTORY,show their face ,are they South African or Foreigners like Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Chinese.

[@bathenebuthelezi1614]

Am sure is Pakistan , Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Somalia

[@lizelleowen1756]

Stop all products from coming in..... All the countries involved

[@SiphoMosea-df5hz]

Let them use their skills to manufacturing petrol n sell it cheaper. Sell houses with lesser amount cars and so on. NOT FOOD. Big No when comes to FOOD. Its time to welcome shoprite spaza shops in townships boxes spaza shops spar mini markets working togeda with local business people and employing locals as part of job creation .

[@sibusisonyathi919]

Petrol from them will damage our cars, and houses will collapse while we are sleeping, I won't be talking about cars they won't be safe for us to drive with, it's all risky for us.

[@tshepimoshabi4593]

I see. So don't own every aspect of our economy in this environment of high unemployment, still leave automotive, property and energy to them. You need to read a book and stop thumb sucking opinions abuti. We need to own every facet of our economy and use section 13 pf the immigration act effectively.

[@sibongilemabaso2250]

All facotoriesmust be inspected

[@mohlape]

The food that we consume, the government must be able to trace, from the warehouse to the manufacturer, to the farmers where they were produced. Eg, the tomato sauce at the table must be traced from the Spaza shop to the warehouse to the manufacturer and to the farmer who produced those tomatoes 🍅.

[@hanneliekosidis6523]

Very strange how not once one of the store worker or owners fell ill. after spending 30 years in a shop I can tell you with certainty that spending all day in the shop you end up eating something. Never mi nd sleeping in your shop. Very strange.

[@dorothymokgadi9360]

What is ANC gaining from the suffering of black South Africa, please make us understand,

[@Wiseman424]

Where is the EFF at this point?

[@ZOE_NtombiYaseMancwabeni]

Our boarders and Ports are too porous....and the government is lazy...sad.

[@ElizabethphephelaphiSikhosana]

Why are the shops still operating 😢

[@Lischlee]

No township spaza shops by foreign immigrants please these are big national security threats in South Africa.Where is intelligence in our country? Obviously trading with certain countries is a threat to our lives .Foreign Spaza shops order this food from the cheap dangerous warehouses brought to our countries.

[@adrianjeffreys1238]

Rat poison? Anticide? Sweepings? Mixed foods? Splillage?

[@1986aurora]

Don't forget what ramaphose called it , "Misinformation"

[@bugsandbeasties]

I have said this from the start.

[@PVTNS]

This means We don’t need politicians to be inspecting the shops without relevant qualifies professionals. This just leads to more confusion about the situation. Thanks Prof.

[@ShaunGunter-vj2ih]

Make Ramaphosa eat at the shop where not even the owner would eat

[@SnowQueenie]

This is intentional and deliberate hence is affecting POOR commuties and children to be exact....

[@sirdon8883]

Close borders problem solf

[@YT-xk5jl]

How do you close borders that don’t even have a wall? How do you close borders for people from Pakistani/ India coming through airports? Lazy, lazy thinkers

[@kalamamuller-qe1yd]

First don't ever think that SA has everything ur fool just go back to school layz thinker

[@Ritesh-yy1zr]

I was in Lenasia today. They have taken over there yoh

[@Lindiwe-y4f]

WHO is BENEFITING?? FOLLOW THE MONEY. Who BENEFITS from POISONING Our Children, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren. WHO?? Who?? Who??

[@1986aurora]

Where are the ppl who are inspecting everything that comes into south africa ? They have a governmental job there for need to be held accountable by government and government held responsible for yet ANOTHER failure and MORE dead bodies due to THEIR FAILURE !!!

[@Lischlee]

They were bribed for few rands😢

[@herbetmodise3377]

Terrorism

[@YT-xk5jl]

Only lazy pathetic people will attribute this to Malema. You might as well blame all the identity fraud cases on Tyla because she supported Chidinma. Bloody hypocrites.

[@kGs62]

So if it is a treat to national security n more people r dying while Gov is dragging their feet... this is worrying.

[@ThabsiMthethwa-Z.]

Watched a Documentary on DW few months back on Food Mafia in retail business in Europe. South Africa is missing something and the big problem, which is the value chain in itself its corrupt. I’m not saying I condone Pakistanis selling expired foods , these people are buying from a larger value chain, it’s a system corrupted marketplace where disposed goods are bought. Retail Giants also in Europe were found to be also part of this. So South Africa is following the wrong solution for handling the crisis, I like how Kzn police are going about investigating the port warehouses first. Prof is 💯 on his analysis.

[@voiceofriaz92]

He is said the write thinks,kids r dying for the snaks by the different place,is not making spaza shop,,they r not checking where is manufacturing

[@MrGhostsword]

Remember Basson? :( this is not new.

[@TembekaNtsokota]

😭😭Oh now

[@ThabsiMthethwa-Z.]

True point similar pattern, although it was at a different time because he was working for the Apartheid government then. This is not related to him but has similar pattern yeah.

[@tshepimoshabi4593]

Please leave the women who sell veggies tu cause the supermarkets do not cater for us. We can't afford to go to Limpopo every week for the good stuff.

[@Putty74]

Personally, I think checking the expiry date is a waste of time! There are systems to erase expiry date and reprint the expiry date. The food just needs to be tested in a lab if possible, to determine whether they are good and healthy for consumption so that scientific results can be arrived at. Most of us know that these guys manufacture stuff themselves that is similar to the original one - therefore checking the expiry alone does not mean that one can safely consume the food if still valid!

[@MariaSibeko-j7y]

Why Ramaphosa think if they have license the will stop selling old and killing food??????

[@thembimoyo4137]

That's true how did the poison get in to the food

[@loveit-u9j]

The government the doctors the pharmaceutical they all in one bed

[@michaeltshabalala5845]

I put down packet of noodles was closed from the store but lots of aunts was inside the packet, so which means the poison can inter inside the food

[@paulisidore6639]

Had they regulated these chips from outside South Africa this might not have happened. Strange sweets and other edibles that are not from this country are being sold to South Africans.

[@DC_Fedens]

You won't see this happening at Woolies and other big retailers. Why? Big retailers verify their suppliers. Spaza shops don't. These Arabic and other foreign language writtings on food stuff...RED FLAG!!!!!

[@celiajames600]

🤔🤔 what if it's an organisation or individual that is against foreigners so much that they are willing to go as far as sacrificing a few children to make a point? 🤔🤔or it could be a serial killer 🤔

[@thamimahlangabeza6639]

As much as I am fascinated by the technical understanding of what 'food borne' disease is all about from the Prof's explanation with regards to our mischaracterisation of the situation, however I find him being wishy-washy on the question of who's to blame for the deaths of children worrisome.

[@sportsnumber1567]

He can’t say who is to blame until investigations are complete. Also it’s not his area of specialisations

[@voiceofriaz92]

Spaza shop what they r selling, they by it from the cash & carry,,they r not making inside the shop,

[@sandindamae.iwantmetowin5652]

PEOPLE, WHAT AN EVIL WORLD WE LIVE IN! WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE DO SUCH THINGS! WHY IS THIS HAPENING TO US SOUTH AFRICANS? WE ARE A PEACE LOVING COUNTRY WHOSE PEOPLES DO NOT INTRUDE INTO FOREIGN COUNTRIES WITH CRIMINALITIES AN OTHER EVIL WAYS. WHAT IS THIS AND WHY!!!!!!!

[@anza2288]

According to the daily maverick, at least 790 South African citizens were incarcerated in prisons around the world, with 71% of them being charged with drug-related offenses, although this was in 2020

[@TawandaPiano]

Are you sure of yourself, From where you live is it a foreigner you are afraid of that he can rob or attack you with a gun??? Who attacks busses when there is combi strikes. Is it foreigners that sabotage railway lines in Capetown in order to stop the trains from moving the poor masses . The Ambulance personal are afraid to go out into some hoods ,is it because foreigners???

[@sandindamae.iwantmetowin5652]

@ guess who deceive them with job promises and turn them into drug mules through forceful ways

[@tonymangion6413]

Extortion gangs behind this

[@sharonmanzi4681]

Ddnt listen...didnt bother...BUT do u really watch these ppl for truth or credibility...?!

[@claramarismith1014]

False flag