South Africa has said it will clamp down on unregistered traditional initiation schools for young men, after at least 41 died ...

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Across societies and time, people have initiated new members into groups, through ceremonies and rituals designed to foster a feeling of belonging. Yet sometimes those rites or activities cross the ...

A tribal "initiation ceremony" that featured a mass circumcision left 39 teenage boys dead after it was botched. The 2025 initiation ceremony in South Africa ended with nearly 40 deaths and dozens ...