Members of Parliament's portfolio committee for women, youth and persons with disabilities visited the site on Tuesday where 21 young people died last weekend.

The Eastern Cape government has, however, warned that it will control overcrowding at the venue and has urged many who want to pay their last respects to watch the funeral from home.

The decision follows a visit to various taverns in Scenery Park in East London where 21 young people lost their lives in Enyobeni Tavern just over a week ago.

This comes after authorities in the Eastern Cape held a private meeting with the parents of the young people.

On Monday, Zwelemfundo Primary School held a memorial service for one of its pupils who was among the 21 that died at the tavern.

It’s believed that the place where 21 young people died last weekend in East London has not been complying with liquor law regulations.

Residents from ward 114 said that this was creating a huge health hazard as people currently living in informal settlements there did not have access to basic sanitation.

Residents from ward 114 claim that the City of Cape Town was dumping displaced people from other areas in their communities.

Khayelitsha residents want the national government to intervene in the way Sassa has been run in their community.

Independent forensic pathologist Paul O’Sullivan said there is a possibility that those who died during the early hours of last weekend may not have picked up the smell.

Kidnapping expert Herman Bosman said that the spike in cases illustrates the desperation criminals are willing to resort to.

They said ransom demands were also made by an alleged kidnapping syndicate.

The CEO of the festival said they've made contingency plans to ensure that load shedding does not ruin the event.

A Bangladeshi national said that two shop owners and three employees were still missing, with millions of rands in ransoms demanded for their release.

The youngsters died in the early hours of Sunday morning, and the cause of their deaths is still not known.

Severe water scarcity in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro could see taps running dry soon if the officials don't find solutions to the crisis.

The Ndamase Secondary School pupils lost their lives after leaving school near Mthatha.

Lockdown regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic meant that the event would take place virtually.