South African leaders call for urgent government action to combat rising food poisoning cases linked to spaza shops, ...

South Africa bows to the hazardous chemical industry and allows the use of scores of pesticides banned in Europe ...

According to TimesLIVE, Versdoon spoke after the Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi revealed that the children who died in ...

Six children in Naledi, Soweto, died after consuming snacks believed to be tainted with Terbufos, a toxic pesticide, leaving families devastated and with unanswered questions.

South African officials have named the chemical behind the deaths of six children. Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi said the children from Naledi, ...

Although Aldicarb was not linked to the children’s deaths ... In September, the Gauteng Department of Health reported 207 ...

Motsoaledi explained that while it had initially been indicated as being another group of chemicals used as pesticides called ...

Four people were arrested for selling illegal aldicarb as investigation continues into the deaths of six Soweto children.

Some spaza shop owners in Naledi reportedly confessed that the individuals are selling them illegal chemicals. Aldicarb falls in the class of carbamates, which is also an organophosphate. Carbamates ...

Organophosphate has been found to be the cause of death of six Soweto children who were said to have consumed snacks from a ...