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PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed ‘unscrupulous’ shebeen owners who are making money off the dreams and lives of young people by breaking the law and selling them alcohol.
Ramaphosa was delivering his eulogy at the mass funeral of 21 teenagers – aged between 13 and 17 – who died in a mysterious tragedy at the Enyobeni nightclub in Scenery Park, East London.
The teenagers were all under the legal drinking age of 18 in South Africa.
The sombre funeral was attended by thousands of grieving family and community members, Cabinet ministers, provincial MECs and the Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane.
“We have seen the pictures and videos on social media of young men and women in Enyobeni tavern on the night of 26th of June 2022,” said Ramaphosa.
“Children should not have been allowed inside that place, a place of adults. They should not have been served alcohol.
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