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Food poisoning cases rise in South Africa

South Africa's health department begins investigating food poisoning incidents, mainly amongst children.

South Africa's health department say they've begun 'intense' investigations into alleged food poisioning cases especially amongst children. In a recent case six children all under the age of 10 died in Soweto, after allegedly eating food that was poisioned. We hear from a journalist covering the story.

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Presenter: Charles Gitonga
Producers: Patricia Whitehorne, Stefania Okereke, Amie Liebowitz, Audrey Brown and Nyasha Michelle in London
Technical Producer: Nick Randell
Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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