The king of the AmaMpondomise in the Eastern Cape, Zwelozuko Matiwane, has cancelled a crucial crime Imibizo that he had called after the province’s premier, Oscar Mabuyane, and Police Minister Bheki Cele failed to show up. Mabuyane apologised to the king on Friday.
Ratepayers and businesses in Tsolo are struggling with severe water shortages, and have blamed private contractors sent by the government to replace underground sewers for damaging pipes meant to bring clean piped water to their homes.
Although traditional initiations are institutions to be celebrated and protected as a cultural heritage, they are often associated with controversy, harm and, in extreme cases, death.
EASTERN Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Xolile Nqatha blames parents for the deaths of 11 initiates during this year’s winter initiation season.
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