In the aftermath of the horrific deaths of 21 teenagers at Enyobeni tavern in East London on 26 June, the survivors of the tragedy have relived the trauma of seeing their friends die before their eyes.
“We stood outside for about an hour, but we were allowed in at around 11pm. We went straight upstairs, where there was a birthday party for one of the DJs,” she said. “I got inside and bought the ciders, but as I was going out a group of people came and blocked my way. I was trapped at the centre and struggling to breathe because of the pepper spray, and people snatched my cap, my shoes and my phone,” he said.“I had to pull my arm away. Teargas was then thrown inside the tavern and I fainted. When I woke up, there were dead bodies around me. My brother came to fetch me,” he said.“My body is still in pain, as people walked on us after we fainted,” said Mtsewu.
According to survivors, everyone who paid to enter the tavern that night was given a free shooter. “[But] I did not get the shooter as we got into the tavern when entry was free,” she said. Andisiwe Mzekeli, a witness who lives two houses away from the Enyobeni tavern, said that she had returned home from a different tavern about 4am.
“The doors were closed and we started seeing people falling like flies. Some jumped out of the windows. This was a picture I never want to see again in my life,” he said, saying that what he saw that night would stay in his mind for a long time.
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