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Going off half-cocked -- againMillions of South African men -- myself included -- tremble in fear of pronouncements from the ANCYL and its leaders, Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu Circumcision can be the kindest cutCircumcision is a physical event that always has cultural significance, writes Deborah Ewing and Pieter Fourie. Tara KLamp director faces extraditionZambia's drug-busting agency has approached Interpol to help bring the man behind the controversial Tara KLamp circumcision device back home. Malawi rules out circumcision for Aids preventionMalawi will not officially promote male circumcision as an HIV-prevention strategy, officials said on Wednesday, citing a lack of evidence. Circumcision could halt 4m new African HIV casesMore than four million new HIV infections could be prevented in Eastern and Southern Africa by 2025 if male circumcision rates were increased to 80%. Close to the cutting edgeDoctors are concerned that the government is using a circumcision device, the Tara KLamp, that has not been approved by the World Health Organisation. Experts explore ways to circumcise men in AfricaThe most powerful force against HIV/Aids in Africa may be circumcision, a procedure that's easily done in the developed world. KZN backs circumcision programme to combat HIVThe KZN government will start a massive male circumcision programme before the end of this year to help prevent the spread of HIV. Zulu tradition to challenge push for HIV circumcisionPromoters of male circumcision to fight HIV will have to reckon with a Zulu belief that partial circumcision means better sex, say researchers. Dicking around in the darkMale circumcision has of late filled media from the Big Apple to the Big Naartjie. |
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