Parliament set to debate initiate deaths

Parliament will probably debate the deaths of initiates at the end of the month, the ANC chief whip’s office says, following the deaths of 33 initiates in Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

• Circumcision deaths outrage Zuma
• Action sought on initation deaths
• Inquiry needed for initiate deaths - IFP

Officials meet over circumcision deaths

Officials from the national department of health are to meet with Eastern Cape leaders to discuss the deaths of young boys after circumcision.

• Man killed during initiation bust-up
• Circumcision deaths worry MEC
• Worries over 'dangerous' circumcisions

Circumcision deaths worry MEC

The number of deaths at circumcision schools in the Eastern Cape is rising, says Traditional Affairs MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane.

• 230 initiate deaths in 4 years in E Cape
• Eastern Cape initiate deaths rise
• Bogus doctors 'commercialise initiation'

Teen dies at FS initiation school

A 16-year-old boy has died after falling ill at an initiation school in Ficksburg in the Free State, police say.

• Initiate dies trying to escape school
• 56 in hospital after botched circumcisions
• 230 initiate deaths in 4 years in E Cape

Initiate dies, 3 hurt after assault

A 13-year-old boy has died and three others injured after they were allegedly assaulted at an initiation school near Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, police say.

• Illegal Limpopo initiation school shut down
• '11 days of hell' at initiate school
• Bogus doctors 'commercialise initiation'

Bogus doctors 'commercialise initiation'

Bogus traditional circumcision doctors are commercialising initiation rites, says the Eastern Cape Traditional Affairs MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyana.

Boys rescued from initiation school

Twenty one boys have been removed from an illegal initiation school near Port St Johns, Eastern Cape police have said.

• Illegal initiation school owner held
• Initiate stabbed, abducted
• Legislation wanted for initiation schools

'Traditional healer' kidnaps boys

A traditional "healer" has reportedly held teenage boys to ransom at an initiation school on the East Rand, demanding money and maize in exchange for their return.

• Illegal initiation school owner held
• Officials claim circumcision victory
• Initiate stabbed, abducted

Argument over manhood leads to stabbing

An 18-year-old youth has been arrested after stabbing a friend to death during argument over their manhood, Eastern Cape police say.

• Initiate stabbed, abducted
• Man kills drinking buddy

Officials claim circumcision victory

A new strategy to counter circumcision deaths has yielded positive results in the Pondoland area, says Eastern Cape Traditional Affairs MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane.

• Eastern Cape initiate deaths rise
• MEC to brief king on circumcision

Eastern Cape initiate deaths rise

The circumcision season death toll of initiates in the Eastern Cape has risen to six, says the provincial health department.

• 13 initiates die in 12 days
• Brothers take circumcision revenge
• Alarm over circumcision deaths

MEC to brief king on circumcision

KwaZulu-Natal's health MEC will report to Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini on the progress of circumcision in the province, the department has said.

• KZN premier defends circumcision clamp
• Call to withdraw circumcision clamp
• Alarm over circumcision deaths

Call to withdraw circumcision clamp

Aids activists and doctors have called for the use of a Malaysian circumcision device to be put on hold until safety concerns have been addressed.

• Alarm over circumcision deaths
• KZN rolls out circumcision plan
• Crackdown on circumcision schools

Initiates critical after fire

Five boys are in a critical condition after the initiation tent they were in caught fire in Nyanisweni village outside Mthatha in the Eastern Cape.

• MEC, premier circumcise youths
• E Cape circumcision toll at 40
• Alarm over circumcision deaths

E Cape circumcision toll at 40

The winter circumcision death toll in the Eastern Cape has risen to 40 following the death of yet another would-be initiate, says the health department.

• Alarm over circumcision deaths
• Do circumcisions in hospitals - DA
• Initiation schools face regulation

4 000 men to be circumcised

The KwaZulu-Natal health department intends circumcising 4 000 men before the end of school holidays on July 13.

• Circumcision toll rising
• KZN rolls out circumcision plan

Do circumcisions in hospitals - DA

Circumcision should be done in hospitals by "competent surgeons" to avoid circumcision-related deaths, says the Democratic Alliance.

• Initiation schools face regulation
• Boys' penises may be amputated
• Crackdown on circumcision schools

Circumcision toll hits 33

Another would-be initiate has died at an illegal circumcision school in the Eastern Cape, bringing this season's death toll to 33.

• E Cape circumcision toll 32
• 13 initiates die in 12 days
• Health24: Circumcision horror

28 dead in circumcision schools

Twenty-eight initiates have died in circumcision schools in the Pondoland area since June 5, says the Eastern Cape health department.

• Crackdown on circumcision schools
• Boys' penises may be amputated
• Leaders meet over circumcision deaths

13 initiates die in 12 days

Two more initiates have died in the Eastern Cape, as provincial health officials raid more illegal initiation schools.

• Crackdown on circumcision schools
• Leaders meet over circumcision deaths
• Boys' penises may be amputated

Leaders meet over circumcision deaths

Eastern Cape health MEC Phumulo Masuale will meet traditional leaders in the Mthatha area over circumcision-related deaths.

• Boys' penises may be amputated
• Teen initiates rescued in E Cape
• Initiates found dead, 3 held

Teen initiates rescued in E Cape

Twenty-five Eastern Cape initiates have been rescued after they were illegally circumcised by a man who had been arrested for the same crime several times before.

• Initiates found dead, 3 held
• R250 000 for circumcision

Initiates found dead, 3 held

Three initiation school teachers have been arrested after two bodies of initiates were found in a school in Dewetsdorp, say Free State police.

• R250 000 for circumcision
• Circumcision Act to be amended

Two initiates die

The death toll in the Eastern Cape's circumcision season has risen to 23 following the deaths of two boys, the provincial health department, has said.

• E Cape circumcision toll at 14
• 2 more circumcision deaths