Initiation deaths
Manhood must wait: COVID-19 delays South African circumcision rituals
Every June and December thousands of initiates between 15 and 17 years old spend at least three weeks secluded in the bush, where they are circumcised and...
A 23-year-old man who allegedly stabbed a person to death following a misunderstanding about seating arrangements appeared in court on Thursday.
Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Lebogang Maile visited Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto where rescued initiates were being treated. Maile said that of the four kids who were rescued, one has died. An investigation will be launched to figure out how the school leader acquired the bogus certificate.
Twenty-five initiates have died nationwide.
This after more than twenty boys in the Eastern Cape have died since the start of the summer initiation season.
At least 21 boys have died in the Eastern Cape this season alone.
At least 21 boys have died in that province this season.
Minister Zweli Mkhize said most of the boys have died from dehydration.
The Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department said for the first time, it had set up a Joint Operation Centre.
Thirteen initiates have died during this season of ulwaluko.
At least 18 initiates have died and about a hundred have been rescued from bogus schools this season.
Just a week into the winter initiation season three boys have already been reported dead.
In this current season, there have been 34 reported deaths of initiates, with 20 of them coming from the Eastern Cape.
Twenty-one young men have died while performing the ritual this summer season.
Seventeen young boys lost their lives in the Eastern Cape while two others died in the North West and the Western Cape.
Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders believes the boys should be screened by medical doctors before embarking on circumcision school.
The 19-year-old passed away in the Amathole District on Saturday morning.
The death was reported in Alfred Nzo District, Matatiele, on Thursday.
The deaths come just days after the department and the Eastern Cape House of Traditional Leaders, as well as several NGOs launched an initiative to prevent initiation deaths.