Lusikisiki police are investigating a murder at an illegal circumcision school. Eastern Cape spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli said a 20-year-old initiate died at Nkunzini, in the Magwa tea ...

While initiation schools are still in full swing in Limpopo, many parents have lost confidence in the traditional way of circumcision because of concerns about hygiene and safety. These parents have ...

One boy has died and eight others were admitted to Mthatha general hospital after they fell ill at a circumcision school in the area, the Eastern Cape Health Department said on Monday. ”When we got ...

The South African authorities have suspended several initiation schools where boys have died in recent weeks taking part in circumcision ceremonies. The country's religious and cultural commission ...

CIRCUMCISION schools should be regulated without “assassinating” African culture and customs, urged Pan Africanist Youth Congress (Payco) leader in the Northern Province, Matome Mashao, on Thursday.

Thanduxolo Jack has five children, but he considers himself lucky to be a father at all after a botched initiation-school circumcision when he was 18. Now, in the run-up to the summer initiation ...

Learning at a Bungoma County Secondary School was paralyzed after students broke the school fence to join the on-going Bukusu circumcision ceremony rites. Over 90 students in Bukembe Secondary School ...

Rose Chebet, a resident of Kaserem Parish in Kaserem Sub-county in Kapchorwa District, dropped out of school because she had to flee her home, fearing that she would be circumcised. She said she could ...