This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. At least 41 young males died during South Africa’s summer initiation season participating in traditional ...

Initiation deaths continue to plague the country despite ongoing appeals for vigilance and full compliance with the Customary Initiation Act. The summer initiation season officially started on 1 ...

A picture of young boys from the Xhosa tribe attending a traditional initiation school in Libode in the Eastern Cape province. Picture: AFP The national Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs ...

Since the end of the school calendar, young boys from the Eastern Cape have been undergoing traditional coming-of-age initiation practices. A picture taken on 20 November 2009 of young boys from the ...

JOHANNESBURG - The death toll from this summer’s initiation season in the Eastern Cape has risen to 17. Dehydration and negligence are cited as the main causes. In response, the CoGTA department is ...

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The Kwanobuhle Initiation Task Team, made up of traditional leaders, health officials, police, religious leaders, and taxi industry players, visited hotspot areas.

Melusi Andile Dlamini receives funding from the National Research Foundation. Ndumiso Daluxolo Ngidi does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...

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The controversial summer Ulwaluko rite, carried out by the Xhosa people in South Africa, has concluded for 2025, leaving 39 boys dead. The traditional ceremony, in which initiates are circumcised, ...

Anthony Diala previously received funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa and serves on the Advisory Committee on Matrimonial Property (Project 100E) of the South African Law ...