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Don’t loot this! Grain from derailed goods train is ‘unsafe’ to consume

Community members helping themselves to grain that fell off a derailed train in Taung in the North West.

 

Community members helping themselves to grain that fell off a derailed train in Taung in the North West. 
Image: Supplied / SAPS

North West police have issued a warning to community members who looted grain from a derailed train near Matolong village in Taung that eating it could make them sick.

The train derailed on Tuesday, spilling large amounts of grain onto the track.

“The grain is treated with fertilisers and poisons, and not fit for human consumption. Community members are requested to not eat it, as it will make them sick,” said police.

As the post from the police spread on Facebook, some locals questioned the claims.

“I’m from that village and the majority of the community there are farmers. They’re not that stupid not to know or see that there’s something wrong with the grain and if there’s anything wrong with the grain that means our animals are also going to die because they graze next to that railway line where there’s no fence at all,” said Goodwin Seriba.

“All I can say is thank God for sending us seed so early in the year,” he added.

However, Makgetla Makgata said he believed the police because the grain is fumigated for insects when loaded onto the train.

“It [takes] a few days to clear. I know what am talking about. I worked as grain grader before … If you touch grain fumigated with [the substance], you will have a headache once you inhale it,” he said.

Dr Gerhard Verdoorn‚ director at Griffon Poison Information Centre, said the scenario offered by Makgata was possible.

“It could be that … when loading grain onto trucks, there is something they use called phosphine gas. It is used to protect the grain, but, yes, it doesn’t have a long life and usually it is gone within a day or two. However, it can have a profound effect on humans and animals if the grain is consumed before the gas wears off,” he said.

“It can cause headaches, dizziness, shivering, vomiting, nausea and it can kill people,” Verdoorn added.

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My son can’t shower because water traumatises him – mum of boy who last saw Enoch Mpianzi

t is a week later and the sound of water traumatises him.

He has not showered since returning from the camp and does not want to speak out because he was told not to do so.

Witnessing Enoch Mpianzi “struggling” in a river before being swept away, has left one of the last boys to see him shocked into silence.

*Lizo Mnguni (not his real name) was one of at least two boys who tried to alert Parktown Boys’ High teachers that Mpianzi had been swept away when their self-made raft capsized in the Crocodile River in Brits in North West last week, but he claims no one listened.Mnguni has detailed how he met Mpianzi, as well as the moments during and after he fell into the river during a team-building exercise at Nyati Bush and Riverbreak lodge.

He had made friends with Mpianzi from the time they boarded the bus at the Johannesburg school and was in the same group as Mpianzi during the water activity.

He spotted Mpianzi standing alone and approached him with another boy to introduce themselves. They “instantly formed a bond”.

The pupil claims there were no teachers present at the river, “only us Grade 8 boys, the school prefects and the camp facilitators”.

Mnguni said the stretcher capsized soon after they got into the water and the boys scrambled to grab onto the parts that came loose.

Tried to raise the alarmAt that moment, I felt like I was going to die.”

He added: “Enoch did NOT manage to get to the rubber tube… He seemed stuck in one place, trying to keep his head above water. I grabbed a pole and tried to pass it to Enoch. But… I couldn’t reach him… The river swept him away.”

Mnguni said when roll call was done after the incident, he and his friend were ignored when they tried to raise the alarm that Mpianzi was last seen struggling in the river.

READ | I told them he was struggling in the river – fellow pupil recalls Enoch Mpianzi’s last moments

The boy’s mother, who cannot be named to protect his identity, says he’s been stunned into silence.

“My son can’t take a shower. He has not showered since he came back from the camp because the sound of water traumatises him. My son doesn’t want to open up and talk openly about this because the principal told him that he mustn’t speak to anyone.”

The boy’s account of what happened aired on Radio 702 on the Eusebius McKaiser Show on Wednesday morning.

News24 reported on Saturday that the boy was the first to raise the alarm that Mpianzi was missing after the pupils had returned from the activity, Mpianzi’s uncle Sebastian Kodiemoka said.

Since returning from the camp following the tragic death of his friend, Mnguni has not been the same, his mother told News24.

“Enoch could easily have been my son, so I feel let down by the school. We chose Parktown Boys’ High because it’s paraded as a good school,” said the emotional parent. She said the school had written to parents and outlined that the camp was compulsory and provided indemnity forms, which they signed, but the very same school “neglected their children”.

‘The teachers were not there’

She said the school was “grossly negligent” and had showed bad behaviour in dealing with the matter. She added that it was unacceptable that parents had handed over their children to the school and the school then handed the pupils to camp facilitators the parents didn’t know.

“The time they were going to the river, the teachers were not there. They were with camp facilitators and I didn’t hand my son to facilitators I don’t know. I handed my son to a school I’ve enrolled him at. I feel like they really did not care about our children.”

The woman said her son was a caring boy which is why he had approached Enoch when he was standing alone.

Woman searching for Good Samaritan who paid for B&B after she missed her flight

Wendy Paviour. A Wakkerstroom woman who missed her flight was set to spend the night at OR Tambo International Airport, but a kind man took pity on her and paid for her overnight accommodation.

Wendy Paviour, 64, missed her flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town on the evening of Sunday, December 22, after apparently being directed to the wrong boarding gate.

“They gave me and a few other people the wrong gate number. I was notified that the departing gate would be C10, but on arrival at C10 we were told it had changed to C13,” Paviour said.

“We waited there for a long time and eventually another passenger and I decided to ask. We were told it had changed back to C10 and that they called for us and sent an SMS, which I did not receive.”Paviour’s only option was to pay an additional R400 to be put on the next flight, which was scheduled for 06:00 the next morning, leaving her stuck at the airport for the entire night.

“I was really freaked out because I didn’t have anywhere to go, I’m 64 years old, I’ve had a lot of operations – I couldn’t sit at the airport all night.”

Comforted by strangers

Paviour was comforted by two women sitting nearby. “I was visibly upset and they wanted to know what the matter was. When I explained that I would have to spend the night at the airport, their dad, who was in a wheelchair, said he would pay for me to stay in a hotel.”

According to Paviour, the Good Samaritan was assisted by an airport employee, known only as Elvis, who was “awesome”.

“Elvis’ job is to assist people in wheelchairs. He phoned my niece in Cape Town, he organised a place for me to stay, and arranged for me to be dropped off and picked up the next day.” Paviour has since attempted to contact Elvis, with no luck.

“Elvis saved his number on my phone, but I’ve tried to phone that number several times and it doesn’t work. He may have punched in a wrong digit or something.”

She wants to express her gratitude to Elvis, as well as the man who paid for her overnight stay.

“The man gave Elvis his card, and I would like to make contact with both of them to thank them.”