School children from KwaShukela Primary, Jozini were rushed to hospital after eating apples.
It is a country found out that the apples were given to these students at school as there is a program to give food to students every day.
It turns out that the learning of everything has been disrupted and the students are complaining about having stomachaches after eating apples.
At that time, it is said that the teachers were panicking, it seems that they were confused and their heads were shaking because of what they were seeing happening in front of them.
They even had to be rushed to the local hospital in Msiyane.
“There was a big thing in these apples. You can’t tell me that children can’t just wrap themselves in pain like this. We don’t know what they really put in,” said a parent who asked not to be named.
He pointed out that this situation has left a lot of concern for the students’ parents as they say that they don’t know if their children will survive.
”I don’t want to lie, it is very bad for these students. We are praying that God will be with them and they will survive. I know my lord, if it is said that they end up dying, what kind of thing would that be,” said the parent.
The spokesperson for the governing body of the school, Mr. Gamede (who did not want to be named) confirmed that this indeed happened. He said they don’t know what was causing the students to get sick after eating.
But he said there is hope that they will all recover as he said there are others who were sent back to their homes yesterday after they were diagnosed and it was found that it was not too bad.
“But at the moment I don’t like to comment much on this issue because we don’t know exactly what led to this situation,” he said.
Another parent, who asked that his name be withheld, said that his child also went to the hospital but has since returned. He said that they are very worried about what happened because they wonder what was put in the food that the children ate.
“We are all sad as parents and we are confused about what happened. In fact, we want to get answers about what caused the students to get sick and come back to the hospital,” he said.
The spokesperson for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education, Mr. Muzi Mahlambi was sent questions but did not respond until press time.