/ 17 December 2000

SELF-CIRCUMCISION GOES HORRIBLY WRONG

A 19-year-old Willowvale man is recovering in Butterworth Hospital after he amputated his penis earlier this month, hospital sources said. It is alleged the man circumcised himself after smoking dagga. “His condition has improved, though he has lost his penis,” a hospital official said. Six other circumcision initiates were reported to be in a satisfactory condition.