THE owner of a South African township tavern where 10 people were killed in a stampede early on New Year’s Day has been charged with culpable homicide.

The owner of a South African township tavern where 10 people were killed in a stampede early on New Year’s Day has been charged with culpable homicide.

Ten people were killed in a stampede during New Year celebrations at a tavern in a South African township, police said today.

South Africa’s president appealed for calm today after white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche was bludgeoned to death by two of his farm workers in an apparent dispute over wages.