Mustafadin Foundation denies claims that food served at Soetwater was rotten

By Cindy Witten
16 July 2008

In an article published by the Cape Argus on the 12th of July, it was reported that a Ward councilor at the Soetwater camp near Strandfontein, said that the food provided last week at the camp could be “a potential health risk”.

This came after the refugees complained about the food looking and tasting rotten. But the Mustadafin Foundation strongly denies any allegations that it serves rotten food to any of its beneficiaries.

Alia Limbada from the Mustafadin Foundation says that the food said to be rotten and disgusting by volunteers was eaten by foundation executives. “The food served at Soetwater was not off, in fact it has been tested by the cities health department who gave the foundation a clean bill which said that the food was not off,” said Limbada. “And that very same food was also handed out to the needy and poor the very next morning”.