Illegal initiation school
Gauteng govt warns public of illegal initiation schools
This is in the wake of yet another life lost on Christmas Day at a bogus circumcision school in Crown Mines, in southern Johannesburg.
The bill comes after the deaths of many young men, most being in the Eastern Cape
The union has called on traditional leaders, government and civil society to take a stand against illegal initiation schools.
Two of the victims were 15-year-old boys and are believed to have died on Thursday.
The DA says 27 illegal initiation schools were operating in the summer and 40 others in winter this year alone.
Police say the area has an illegal initiation school problem but they are doing their best to attend to every report.
Ten other initiates have been treated for smoke inhalation after the school caught alight earlier on Sunday morning, officials say.
Four initiates, aged between 14 and 21, died in KwaMhlanga, Kwaggafontein, Vosman and Belfast since the start of the season.
The CRL commission has been hearing emotional testimonies from family members and victims of initiation schools.
At least 23 young men have died while undergoing the right of passage this summer.
The number is down from more than 40 fatalities during the same period last year.
Provincial health spokesperson Luvuyo Bayeni said dehydration played a role in some of the deaths.
Over 90 males aged between 10 & 23, have been found at illegal initiation schools around Gauteng.
The Health Department has confirmed 8 initiates in total died this week in botched initiation procedures.
It’s understood 59 initiates have been found in and around the Orange Farm area since Monday.
Govt says in many instances teenage boys run away to initiation schools as a result of peer pressure.
10 teens were found through various police operations, but the whereabouts of the others remain unknown.
It’s alleged they were kidnapped and taken to initiation schools last Wednesday.
Johan Mlombo was found guilty of raping the girls at an initiation school in Mpumalanga in August 2012.