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Since the end of the school calendar, young boys from the Eastern Cape have been undergoing traditional coming-of-age initiation practices. A picture taken on 20 November 2009 of young boys from the ...

Cape Town has taken a significant step toward improving safety and dignity at initiation schools, after councillors unanimously approved plans to formalise cooperation with the Western Cape Government ...

The Kwanobuhle Initiation Task Team, made up of traditional leaders, health officials, police, religious leaders, and taxi industry players, visited hotspot areas.

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The Sedibeng Committee of Initiation Schools says it has rescued more than 20 boys from bogus initiation schools around the Vaal and Westonaria since Friday. The committee says the rescue mission, ...

Recently, a mom reached out and asked, “My son will sit for hours doing absolutely nothing rather than start his homework. The second I ask why, he just snaps.” Task initiation is an executive ...

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The controversial summer Ulwaluko rite, carried out by the Xhosa people in South Africa, has concluded for 2025, leaving 39 boys dead. The traditional ceremony, in which initiates are circumcised, ...