{"id":53220,"date":"2022-07-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/?guid=658c22c89b9971219fc003917cb71e27"},"modified":"2022-07-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T00:00:00","slug":"president-to-attend-east-london-mass-funeral-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/president-to-attend-east-london-mass-funeral-service\/","title":{"rendered":"President to attend East London mass funeral service"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday attend the mass funeral service for the 21 young people who died last week in East London in the Eastern Cape. <\/p>\n
The teenagers – some as young as 13 – passed away at the Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, East London in the early hours of Sunday, 26 June 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
According to the Presidency, the President will be joined by Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane and provincial and local government leaders in comforting the families of the deceased youth. <\/p>\n
The service will take place at Scenery Park Sports Field, East London from 09:00.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In his weekly letter to the nation on Monday, President Ramaphosa called on civil society, government and communities to come together to fight the scourge of underage drinking in South Africa.<\/p>\n
The President said the growing trend of underage drinking is not only illegal but also psychologically and physically detrimental.<\/p>\n
“The increased social acceptability of young people drinking alcohol has become a serious problem in a country where the majority of the drinking population are already classified by the World Health Organisation as binge drinkers.<\/p>\n
“Alcohol use amongst adolescents is associated with impaired function, absenteeism from learning, alcohol-related injuries, suicidal thoughts and attempts, and risky behaviour,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday attend the mass funeral service for the 21 young people who died last week in East London in the Eastern Cape. The teenagers – some as young as 13 – passed away at the Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, East Lo…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n