Ritual circumcision
Traditional leaders say no to medical circumcisions
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Tuesday confirmed the deaths of 21 boys in the Eastern Cape during the summer traditional initiation season.
Eleven boys from Daveyton were kidnapped and taken to an initiation school in Mpumalanga.
The non-surgical disposable device has been piloted at several non-profit sites across South Africa.
Obed Bapela says a new age restriction on circumcisions is justified by the Children's Act.
Authorities in Limpopo have established a team to curb initiation deaths in the province.
Five boys have already died this initiation season, which ends in two weeks.
A woman is refusing a rabbinical ruling to circumcise her one-year-old son, claiming it is abuse.
Aaron Motsoaledi offered MPs medical circumcisions as part of an HIV prevention campaign.
Rebecca Davis looks at the unpunished crimes of circumcision deaths and 'ukuthwala'.
Gauteng Health Dept says more than 90,000 males undewent circumcisions during the 2012/13 financial year.
Over 50 teens have died since the start of the initiation season across the country.
EC police have arrested five suspects in connection with the deaths of 30 initiates.
At least 30 initiates have died and 283 hospitalised in the Eastern Cape due to botched circumcisions.
Atrocities at initiation schools are undermining traditional culture, NW Premier Thandi Modise said.
The people responsible for operating illegal initiation schools in Mpumalanga have been banned for life.
The issue of deaths during ritual circumcision came into focus in the National Assembly on Wednesday.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told MPs unscrupulous people have hijacked the African culture.