Initiation Schools

Mpumalanga celebrates a 100% success rate in its initiation schools, with all 716 initiates returning home safely. This article highlights the province's successful interventions…

It is vital that the safety and security of initiates is enhanced throughout ulwaluko schools in the Eastern Cape

Dating techniques have traced the origins of the Venda language and culture to Mapungubwe, where two distinct cultures merged at initiation schools.

Amakhosi say they have not been consulted and have been insulted because women are involved

Any parent whose child is harmed, or who has suspicions about the place the child is going, must open a complaint at a police station

Two traditional nurses found guilty of mutilating a man’s two sons were given an ‘insulting’ sentence

"I am a Xhosa woman who is raising a Xhosa boy. If this is your manhood, madoda, keep it. Your priorities are very skewed".

Overwhelming peer pressure drives some youngsters to circumcise themselves

Young men who have lost their penises during initiation may be in line for free reconstruction

It’s been fêted around the world, but Inxeba’s smashed stereotypes will cause a stir locally

Traditional leaders believe new government rules will prevent young men from dying this winter.

This sacred community ritual has been subverted and sullied by predatory and deadly opportunists.

Two illegal initiation schools have been shut down in North West, says the traditional affairs department, while authorities search for the owners.

The owner of an initiation school has been found guilty of culpable homicide after the death of an initiate.

The Eastern Cape Department of Health has condemned handlers at an initiation school for denying three injured boys treatment.