Spaza shops crisis leaves scars as mothers grieve over deaths

The year 2024 is one Sekai Ndalimane will not forget for a long time. Her five-year-old nephew Siyabonga Ndalimane was among more than 20 children who died after consuming snacks from spaza shops.

Siyabonga died after allegedly consuming snacks from a foreign-owned spaza shop in Diepkloof, Soweto, on November 20, two days before his Grade R graduation ceremony.


“We are unhappy and defeated. This is a sad reality for us. It has not registered that he is gone. This child was supposed to graduate, and he was excited.

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