Ayanda Makgati Mphakane worked for a feeding scheme food supplier company and he was trusted with guarding the food meant for poor school kids. But the 34-year-old man allegedly stole the food worth thousands of rands and sold it to a foreign shop owner. Instead of facing the consequences of his alleged actions, Mphakane from Rapotela village in Ga-Mphahlele chose death.He reportedly committed suicide on Wednesday, the day he was supposed to take the police to the businessman he sold the food to.The police were called when he was found hanging from the roof of his employer's rented warehouse in a suspected suicide in Polokwane, Limpopo.He was employed as a caretaker. Colonel Mamphaswa Seabi of the Limpopo police says Mphakane allegedly stole two months worth of stock and sold it in Mokopane.The food was intended for poor school children.

FOOD MEANT FOR SCHOOL KIDS SOLD TO SHOPS

The owner of the company discovered earlier this month that groceries he had kept at his warehouse intended for school nutritional programmes in Makweng were stolen. He reported the matter to the police, who questioned the deceased. Police preliminary investigations revealed that the groceries were sold to an unknown shop owner. "The deceased was supposed to take the police to the exact location where he sold the stolen properties amounting to thousands of rands but this never materialised as he was found dead at the premises, which were used for storage," Seabi said.

POLICE HUNTING FOR THE SHOP OWNER

The police are still on a manhunt of the unknown suspect responsible for purchasing the feeding scheme food.Colonel Seabi told Zimoja that the police had leads but the suspect, a foreign national could not be traced as they had hoped Mphakane would take them to the shop