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News

Initiation schools: Commission wants answers on why recommendations haven’t been carried out

Restoring tradition without reinforcing harmful patriarchy

Opinion

It’s time for action to stop initiate deaths

Call for two-year ban to prevent initiation deaths

News

Eastern Cape summer initiation season claims 20 boys’ lives

Courts

Court sentences four men for initiate’s death at illegal Eastern Cape initiation school

EDITOR'S CHOICE

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South Africa UPDATE: Two suspects linked to Soshanguve shooting arrested

Courts Kwinana ‘collapsed and cannot breathe properly in the cells’, argued her lawyer

News Taxpayers to fund bail for minor offences to ease prison overcrowding

Initiation schools accused of kidnapping boys in Mpumalanga

The urgent need to reform dangerous cultural practices

Authorities ‘baffled’ by Limpopo boy’s death after being withdrawn from initiation school

News

North West to launch medical male circumcision drive during school holidays

Crime

Man dies in Limpopo initiation feud; seven suspects arrested

Health

Initiations: Bogus surgeons are the greatest problem – expert

News

Gauteng winter initiation season: 138 abductions, two deaths and four arrests

All systems go for initiation season

Initiation abductions on the rise, chief vows fightback

Stellenbosch University initiation: Why are stupid rituals so appealing?

Crime

Initiation school leaders arrested after skeletal remains of two boys found

Bogus leaders scupper age-old tradition of initiation

Five unlicensed traditional surgeons arrested in Eastern Cape

PICTURES: Initiation graduates return home

MEC laments deaths, commends crackdown on illegal initiation schools

Police shutdown illegal initiation school in Limpopo

Fury as boys ‘forced’ into winter initiation school without parents’ consent

More initiation schools for Limpopo

News

CoGTA to conduct oversight visit in Eastern Cape after first initiation death

Almost 300 initiates suffer horror injuries while traditional ‘surgeons’ pocket R3.2 million

Illegal initiation schools in Limpopo face shutdown

Xhosa initiation has its place

How can we stop our sons dying for culture?

Crime

Man murdered at initiation ceremony over seating arrangements

Health

Decision to close initiation schools meets opposition

Portfolio committee calls for probe into death of 21 initiates in EC