Enyobeni tavern tragedy | Families demand toxicology report

EAST LONDON - It has been over a year since the tragic events at Enyobeni tavern claimed 21 young lives in the Eastern Cape.

And while the incident sparked outrage over how children as young as 13 were allowed to drink alcohol at the facility, the victims' families say they are still in the dark about the causes of death.

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The families want the Eastern Cape Health Department, which declared suffocation as the cause of death, to issue them with copies of the official toxicology reports.

But health authorities say the matter is now with the police and is out of their hands.

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The trial of the accused Siyakhangela and Vuyokazi Ndevu continues next month in East London.

* eNCA's Ronald Masinda reports.