This past weekend, 21 years later, South Africa woke up to another devastating tragedy when it was reported that 21 youngsters who had attended a “pens down” event at Scenery Park’s Enyobeni Tavern in East London had perished in the blink of an eye. The victims were between the ages of 13 and 20.
Unsupervised, the youngsters at these mass parties binge-drink and take drugs, with many owners putting profits before children’s lives, as the owners of these establishments are neither monitored nor policed. Of concern is that the owners of unregulated taverns and nightclubs are motivated by greed. These venues often entice young people with free alcohol to get them hooked as loyal customers.
Tarvens are not the problem here . Parenting is the problem there are no more house Rules kids galavanting the streets after 8pm . The Rights of the adults are oppressed.
Ah South Africa and its pathetic collective 'we'. when you are too much of a piss-stain to directly name those responsible the 'we' narrative is punted