<p>Police in South Africa are examining how 21 teenagers died at a drinking tavern in the city of East London.
The youngest to have died on Saturday night was just 13 years old.
The minimum drinking age in South Africa is 18, so they should not have been in the spot.
There were no visible injuries on the bodies of the victims, so police have said that a cru ... Show More
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The missing victims of apartheid
In 2005, South Africa set up the Missing Persons Task Team to trace and locate the remains of the hundreds, possibly thousands, who disappeared in "political circumstances" during the brutal years of white minority rule. Many were victims of the state security services. Some were ... Show More
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