The Randfontein Police are currently conductingan inquest into the four-year-old boy's death. File photo/ Roxy de Villiers
A little boy aged four died shortly after eating what seemed to be a harmless sandwich during the weekend.
Constable Lucky Matome, the Tarlton Police spokesperson confirmed the incident and said it took place between 7.30am and 2pm on Sunday 13 November.
Five children from the OR Tambo informal settlement in Elandsvlei, Randfontein ate sandwiches and all of them got sick as a result.
Captain Kay Makhubela from the Gauteng Police said the five children were between the ages of four and 10.
“Paramedics were summoned and unfortunately one of the boys was certified dead. The other four were taken to the nearest hospital for medical attention,” Matome said.
The Randfontein Police are currently conducting an inquest into the young boy’s death.
For more than 4 and a half years, Clinton Botha was a journalist at Roodepoort Record. His articles were regularly published in the Northside Chronicle now known as the Roodepoort Northsider. Clinton is also the editor of Randfontein Herald since July 2020. As a sports fanatic he wormed his way into various "beats - as the media would know it - and admits openly that his big love always have something to do with a scoreboard, crowds and usually a ball that hops.
