Authorities in the Eastern Cape held a meeting on Monday with the parents of the 21 young people who died in Enyobeni Tavern last weekend.
JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to attend the mass funeral of the 21 teenagers who died at Enyobeni Tavern over a week ago.It said the first citizen would join Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane to comfort the grieving families of the deceased in Scenery Park on Wednesday.
This while the deputy mayor of Buffalo City Municipality and the liquor board conducted site inspections in taverns across the township to ensure that owners were complying with regulations and laws. BCM deputy mayor Princess Faku is visiting 19 taverns in Scenery Park. All of this awareness done following the deaths of young people in #EnyobeniTavern funeral is expected on Wednesday #ewn pic.twitter.com/P6VC8SGumP
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