This article provides a summary of significant crime and food safety incidents that occurred in South Africa during 2024.
EWN looks back at the year that was 2024 and some of the major crime stories and other related stories that made the headlines.In the fourth quarter of 2024, South Africa witnessed a spike in reported foodborne illnesses and deaths.More than 20 children died before President Cyril Ramaphosa announced measures to prevent further deaths.
In a televised national address in mid-November, President Cyril Ramaphosa said that more than 890 reported incidents of foodborne illnesses had been reported across all provinces since September. He pinpointed Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal as the most affected provinces. He explained that the incident in Naledi, Soweto, where six children died could be directly attributed to the pesticide, Terbufos. He said that traces of the pesticide were found on a chips packet on one of the children and that subsequent testing in the area found traces of the pesticide at three spaza shops. He further said that inspections of spaza shops found that food was stored alongside pesticides and detergents and that the spaza shops lacked proper safe food storage and handling - which increased the risk of contamination. As a result, the Cabinet resolved to get the dangerous pesticides off the streets and decided that the spaza shops implicated in the deaths of children must be closed and that all spaza shops and other food handling facilities must be registered.The initial deadline for registrations was 17 December but the government extended this to the end of February.On the final Saturday of September, South Africans were shocked to learn of a mass shooting in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape.In the first incident, 13 people were murdered in one house, and another four were killed in the second home. It is believed that the attacks occurred while the families were preparing for a cleansing ceremony of family members killed last year.Within a month, police arrested seven men, including a prisoner, believed to be the mastermind behind the killing
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