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International Business Times
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Clement VARANGES

Spate Of Child Poisoning Deaths Sparks S.Africa Xenophobia

A woman walks past a spaza shop that was looted and shut by locals in Sharpville, south of Johannesburg, on October 18, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

The deaths of 23 children in Johannesburg this year from suspected food poisoning has ignited anger in South Africa against foreign nationals who run small corner shops known as spazas.

There is still police tape around a now-closed spaza shop in Soweto's Naledi area that allegedly sold snacks to six young children who died from poisoning in October.

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