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Lifesaver: Gugulethu Sirayi is on a mission to reduce the number of deaths and botched circumcisions that often occur during initiation. (Mujahid Safodien/AFP)
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Education can cut initiate deaths

Work by a group of volunteers in the Lusikisiki and Flagstaff area of Pondoland has resulted in no deaths at initiation schools there

  • Siyabonga Ngcangisa
  • Carl Collison
4 min read
Starbucks’ expansion runs out of steam in South Africa (Photo Archive)
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Initiation Bill trips over Contralesa

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

  • Govan Whittles
3 min read
When Parks refused to give up her seat and challenged the bus driver, she was not adding up benefits and costs. (Reuters/Jeff Christensen)
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EFF wannabe MPs under the whip

The party is celebrating its fifth anniversary and its parliamentarians must ensure its growth

  • Dineo Bendile
5 min read
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Who’s the boss? Mandela never bowed to the king, Mbeki didn’t bow, Zuma didn’t bow… So why did Ramaphosa kneel before Zwelithini?

  • Mg Reporter
7 min read
Contralesa’s Zolani Mkiva at a media briefing with the EFF.
ANC

Contralesa out shopping for allies

The traditional leaders’ organisation wants to change terms of engagement with political heads

  • Dineo Bendile
4 min read
ACE MAGASHULE

‘Taking away our traditional land is neocolonialism’

Contralesa says that, although it supports the expropriation without compensation, communal land under black ownership should not be touched

  • Dineo Bendile
4 min read
SA’s top teams competed at the Fistivus fistball festival at Wynberg Park in Cape Town.
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Queer – and proud to be Xhosa

The furore over the film Inxeba has cast a light on men who are gay but deeply committed to their culture

  • Carl Collison
7 min read
Nakhane Touré stars in ‘Inxeba – The Wound’.
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Outcry over Inxeba’s porn rating

The controversial — and award-winning — film can now only be screened in adult-only cinemas

  • Carl Collison
5 min read
New man: Sihle Mlungu
COMMISSION FOR THE PROTECTION AND

Survivors of botched circumcisions live in secrecy

But surgery can help those whose dreams of a normal adult life were brutally ended

  • Carl Collison
8 min read
CIRCUMCISION

Hope for victims of botched circumcisions

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

  • Carl Collison
6 min read
The government’s project to bestow autocratic power upon traditional leaders as a way to govern the former homeland areas has opened up more than a few political
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Seven facts about the Restitution of Land Rights Act

Land reform is in the spotlight again after an amendment to 1994’s Restitution of Land Rights Act. Here are seven facts to consider.

  • Kwanele Sosibo
6 min read
Chief Phathekile Holomisa.
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Balancing law and tradition

The African system of justice administration, as epitomised by traditional courts, is welcoming to those who seek justice, says Phathekile Holomisa.

  • Staff Reporter
11 min read
Traditional Courts Bill out of step
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Traditional Courts Bill out of step

Proposed new traditional laws have been slammed by civic groups as unconstitutional, saying they would impede rural women’s rights in particular.

  • Heidi Swart
5 min read
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King owes no apology to homosexuals, says congress

Traditional leaders say King Goodwill Zwelithini owes no apology for homophobic remarks he allegedly made, and that to ask for one was disrespectful.

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
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Mbalula’s rite of manhood ‘highly commended’

The decision of former ANC Youth League president Fikile Mbalula to undergo circumcision has been praised by a prominent traditional leader.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read