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Every year botched traditional circumcisions in the Eastern Cape make headlines as some young men are badly injured, and in some cases die. The provincial legislature in 2016 passed the Eastern Cape Customary Male Initiation Practice Act in an attempt to ensure that initiates come back home healthy and alive. The legislature is now reviewing the Act to further tighten provisions to protect initiates better. However, despite the legislation, and other efforts at improving safety, some initiates still die while undergoing the ritual. The traditional circumcision season in the province usually takes place twice a year, in summer and winter. Thirteen initiates died in the Eastern Cape during the 2020 ....
By Lulamile Feni - 17 February 2021 There was excitement at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha on Wednesday morning after the arrival of the first Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine doses. This article is free to read if you register or sign in. If you have already registered or subscribed, please sign in to continue. ....