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methanol poisoning

Parents of dead children call for President to launch inquiry into Enyobeni Tavern tragedy

South Africa

Parents of dead children call for President to launch inquiry into Enyobeni Tavern tragedy

By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase

Tavern victims’ parents told children ‘crushed and suffocated’, but denied access to post-mortem results

South Africa

Tavern victims’ parents told children ‘crushed and suffocated’, but denied access to post-mortem results

By Hoseya Jubase & Estelle Ellis

South Africa

Survivor says some people brought alcohol from another shebeen to ‘tavern of death’

By Hoseya Jubase & Estelle Ellis

Methanol poisoning investigated as a possible cause of tavern deaths

South Africa

Methanol poisoning investigated as a possible cause of tavern deaths

By Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase