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South Africa: Tavern Deaths - Police Arrest Three People
VOA, 13 July 2022
Authorities in South Africa have arrested the owner of a bar and two employees in connection with the deaths of 21 teenagers, who lost their lives at a tavern last month under… Read more »
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South Africa: Enyobeni Tavern - Still No Word On What Killed 21 Youngsters
Daily Maverick, 13 July 2022
While some of the families of the youngsters who died in the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy on 26 June welcomed the arrest of the tavern manager and two employees for contravening the… Read more »
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South Africa: The Enyobeni Tavern Tragedy and the State's Obligation to Fulfil Children's Right to Recreation and Leisure
Daily Maverick, 13 July 2022
Amy Tuchten is a legal researcher at the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, an organ of the African Union based in Maseru, Lesotho. She holds an… Read more »
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South Africa: Liquor Licence Awarded to East London 'Death Tavern' Called Into Question As Scores March to Scene in Search of Answers
Daily Maverick, 30 June 2022
Scores of young people who were friends with or related to the 21 teenagers who died in an East London tavern on Sunday, marched to the scene on Wednesday night. Read more »
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South Africa: Tavern of Death Owner Charged With Selling Liquor to the Underaged
Daily Maverick, 28 June 2022
The Eastern Cape Liquor Board opened a case on Tuesday against the owner of East London's Enyobeni tavern. Residents held a night vigil 50m from the nightspot where 21 young people… Read more »
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South Africa: Probe Into Eastern Cape Tavern Tragedy
SAnews.gov.za, 27 June 2022
The management of the South African Police Service (SAPS) has ordered a high-level investigation into the tragic deaths of 21 teenagers at a local tavern in Scenery Park, in East… Read more »
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South Africa: President Mourns Death of Eastern Cape Teenagers
SAnews.gov.za, 27 June 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences and concern at the death of 22 teenagers at a tavern in Scenery Park, East London, in the early hours of Sunday. Read more »
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South Africa: Police Minister Must Stop Talking and Provide Resources - East London Youth
Daily Maverick, 3 July 2022
Scenery Park youth are calling on Police Minister Bheki Cele to stop talking and provide resources for Scenery Park Police Station, which allegedly failed to respond to the… Read more »
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South Africa: Autopsies Conducted On 21 East London Pub Teens
SAnews.gov.za, 29 June 2022
Autopsies have been performed on the 21 teenagers who died in an unexplained incident at an East London pub on Sunday, says the Eastern Cape government. Read more »
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South Africa: 'Kuzofiwa' - a Party Invitation That Foreshadowed Deaths of 21 At Eastern Cape Nightspot
Daily Maverick, 26 June 2022
Forensic pathologists say initial results indicate that the 21 young people -- aged between 14 and 20 -- who died at a party in East London at the weekend inhaled or ingested… Read more »
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South Africa: Carbon Monoxide - What Is It and Why Is It Deadly?
The Conversation Africa, 14 July 2022
Many of us are familiar with the typical results of burning fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil. The reaction produces heat which we harness to warm our homes, heat water and… Read more »
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South Africa: At Least 20 Die in Mysterious Tavern Disaster
DW, 26 June 2022
South African police on Sunday were looking into the deaths of at least 20 young people who died at a bar in the coastal town on East London. Read more »
Teen Deaths in Tavern - South African Police Make Arrests
Authorities in South Africa have arrested the owner of a bar and two employees in connection with the deaths of 21 teenagers who lost their lives at a tavern in the coastal city of East London in late June, 2022, Voice of America's Vicky Stark reports from Cape Town, South Africa.
A team of detectives working on the case made the arrests. Officials say the three suspects face charges of violating the liquor act, while a forensic investigation into the cause of the deaths continues.
Earlier, President Cyril Ramaphosa called on communities, civic organisations and law enforcement to enforce laws that prohibit the sale of alcohol close to schools.
Deutsche Welle reported that the teenagers were said to have been attending a party to celebrate the end-of-winter school exams. Township pubs, commonly referred to as taverns or shebeens, are legally allowed to sell alcohol, but safety regulations are rarely enforced.
On Sunday June 26, 2022, the South African Minister of Police General Bheki Cele (wearing hat) and the National Commissioner of the SAPS, General Fannie Masemola, led a high level delegation of crime scene experts and bomb disposal technicians to support the Eastern Cape Crime Scene Investigations teams at the scene of the mass deaths of teenagers at an East London tavern.
