By Staff Reporter
Five students from Kgololosego Primary School in Ventersdorp, North West, were sent to the nearby hospital in critical condition after becoming ill after allegedly eat in sha shebert they may have consumed at school.
The students reportedly purchased sherbet from street vendors close to the school.
After consuming the Hebert et aldkfdkdo, some experienced nausea and dizziness.
The dad of one of the students who was impacted, Andries Thateng, claims he was surprised to learn about the occurrence.
“I stepped outside and headed directly for the hospital. Five students were present when I arrived, and the doctors were busy with them. At that point, mine was unable to speak at all.
Andries Thateng, a parent of one of the affected learners, says he was shocked when informed about the incident.
“I left my house and went straight to the hospital. When I got there, I found five learners and the doctors were busy with them. Mine couldn’t even talk at that moment.
[Once] mine was able to talk and she told me that during lunch she bought a sherbet from hawkers at school. And then I left and went to the school as the doctors were still busy with her. When I got to the school, I found that the principal and the SGB were busy discussing the matter. The hawkers that sell and the school were still there and we asked them to leave
