Families of 6 Soweto children who died from consuming toxic pesticides left in the lurch
Six children died in October after consuming a toxic chemical known as Terbufos - a banned substance which is only permitted for legal use in the agriculture sector.
Five children died after consuming chips bought from a spaza shop in Naledi, Soweto. Picture: Jacques Nelles/Eyewitness News
JOHANNESBURG - The families of the six children from Naledi, Soweto, who died last year after consuming the toxic pesticide - say they have been left in the lurch.
Six children died in October after consuming a toxic chemical known as Terbufos, a banned substance that is only permitted for legal use in the agriculture sector.
Eyewitness News revisited the families on Friday to find out whether there have been any developments in their case.
It's been three months since six children from Naledi in Soweto died after consuming food laced with the toxic chemical, Terbufos.
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Otlotleng Msimango, whose seven-year-old son, Njabulo, was one of the victims of the poisoning, said they feel forgotten.
"On government’s side, it’s negligence, and I’m going to say it like it is. It is negligence because if they did the compliance with these spaza shops and all this stuff, none of this would have happened. So it shows ignorance on their side and still even today, even though they do know what happened to our children, they are still doing nothing about it."
She claims police haven’t given families an update on the case and they still don’t have post-mortem results.