The winter initiation practice has drawn to an end and has in the process claimed the life of a 42-year-old man while 138 initiates were rescued and removed from illegal schools in Tshwane. The ...

The Gauteng winter initiation practice has drawn to an end, claiming the lives of two people while 138 initiates had to be rescued from illegal schools and 132 were hospitalised. The figures speak of ...

Initiation Programme joint media statement by Western Cape MEC of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Anroux Marais and the Initiation Reference Committee of the Western Cape Cultural Commission The Cabinet ...

Around 30 cases have been opened against traditional surgeons operating illegal circumcision schools in the Eastern Cape, following the deaths of 19 initiates. So far, 12 people have been arrested in ...

Government is calling on the traditional leaders and initiation schools to hold hands with them as the traditional initiation practices remain officially suspended in a bid to mitigate exposure ...

The ban on the initiation practice will be lifted on 1 June 2021, says the Western Cape government. Traditional leaders have raised concerns about the loss of life. The AmaXhosa, AmaHlubi and Basotho ...

The pandemic and related restrictions have disrupted traditional and voluntary male circumcisions in the Eastern Cape. Every year botched traditional circumcisions in the Eastern Cape make headlines ...