South Africans want foreign-owned spaza shops closed after five children were killed after allegedly consuming snacks from a spaza shop in Soweto.
Learn at Your Own Pace! Our Flexible Online Course allows you to fit copywriting skills development around your busy schedule. Enroll Now!According to some of the parents of the children, the kids became ill after allegedly eating a snack called Brown Dash from a local spaza shop. The shop is believed to be run by immigrants., where they complained of stomach pains, headaches, and drowsiness.
“These spaza shops are another pandemic. How many more children have to perish in SA? Why are they still operating?”“Condolences to the families, what happened to the cleanup operation that recently happened in Soweto to remove foreigners running spaza shops?”Byron Pillay is a Current Affairs Editor at Briefly News. He received a Diploma in Journalism from the Caxton Cadet School.
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