Soweto — The families of the six children from Naledi in Soweto who died after consuming a toxic pesticide have said they are still awaiting answers following the children’s deaths.
The six children died in October last year after they consumed a toxic chemical called Terfubos, a banned substance that is only for use in the agriculture sector.
“The findings of the toxicology report showed that the cause of deaths is unequivocally organophosphate,” said Motsoaledi at the time.
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According to EWN, three months after their deaths, the families were still waiting to see if there had been any developments in the case. 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 said the police have still not given families any updates on the case as they did not have any post-mortem results.
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