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NGUNJANA VILLAGE, SOUTH AFRICA JUNE 20: (SOUTH AFRICA OUT) Initiates are smeared with white clay on their face and are covered in red and white blankets on June 20, 2014 in Ngunjana Village, South Africa. The winter circumcision season is under way in the Eastern Cape and elsewhere in the country. Traditional surgeons and health authorities are working together as much as possible to limit injuries and deaths. (Leon Sadiki/City Press/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
DEATHS

Mpumalanga boys ‘kidnapped for forced initiation’

Traditional leaders blame those who fail to enforce the laws that govern the practice

  • Masoka Dube
6 min read
“With respect to reference to litigation, this means that the IDC has instituted legal action to recover the R37.5-million as well as the R250-million in accrued interest,” says Patel. (David Harrison/M&G)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

New leaders, same goals, new stimulus

The package has echoes of previous promises but ministers say that this time they will be kept

  • Lynley Donnelly
6 min read
“Every vote counts
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

President Zuma set to steer South Africa’s new parastatal strategy

The move could potentially signal a significant overhaul of the way parastatals and the oversight machinery in place around them function.

  • Luke Feltham
3 min read