To reduce the scourge of initiation deaths, the Amathole District Municipality has embarked on a campaign to provide water tanks to some initiation schools that admit hundreds of initiates.
The Gauteng Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committee (PICC) says only registered customary initiation schools, who appear on their database, will be allowed to operate this coming season.
Traditional initiation monitoring teams including police will use modern technology such as drones to hunt down illegal initiation schools and fake traditional surgeons in a bid to stem a spate of deaths and injuries.On Thursday, co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Zolile Williams said law enforcement agencies were ready to pounce on these criminals
Aimed at reducing the high number of deaths and injuries at initiation schools, government launched a committee in earlier 2023 requiring all schools in the country to be registered on its database.