A mortuary van leaving Mandlethu Primary School in Tsakane after collecting little Refilwe Usman's remains. Photo by Khaya Masipa
THE six-year-old girl, who died after eating poisoned biscuits, will be laid to rest today.
Refilwe Usman, a grade 1 pupil at Mandlethu Primary School in Tsakane, died in her classroom on 6 February.
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Four other victims, including her two classmates, a relative and a neighbour's child, were admitted to hospital for treatment and were discharged a few days later.
Right: Refilwe Usman, who died in her classroom on 6 February.
A day after her death, angry Tsakane residents looted the spaza shop from where his father Lucky Mkhwanazi had bought her biscuits and other neighbouring shops.
Residents accused foreign spaza shop owners of selling poisonous and expired goods.
Since then, the situation has calmed down.
