COGTA calls for safer initiation schools after 35 deaths
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, has called on initiation schools to uphold the tradition in a manner that safeguards the dignity, health and lives of every initiate, following a rise in deaths recorded during this year's initiation season. At least 35 initiates have lost their lives during this year's Winter Customary Initiation Season. According to the department, Mpumalanga recorded the highest number of deaths at […]
