The principal of Randfontein High School, west of Johannesburg, has suspended a pupil for selling “space cakes” to his fellow matrics, who ate them, got sick and had to be hospitalised.
During this time other pupils began to fall unconscious and were rushed to hospital and their parents were notified.
She added that the school had planned to meet with parents of the affected learners to discuss further steps and their rights. This incident has brought the issue of space cakes into sharp focus. Gauteng education MEC Panyaza Lesufi on Sunday issued an alert in which he claimed to be “concerned with the ongoing trend of learners consuming space cakes”.
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