Initiation Schools News Today

Some young men from the initiation school said they learnt many things, including respect. 



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.

With initiation season set to kick off on Saturday, the provincial department said part of the challenges it seeks to address is the use of substances at initiation schools, which is slowly reaching disturbing levels.

The Limpopo government has approved 587 initiation schools for the 2023 winter season which started on 16 June. 



He then takes them to initiation schools in Klipgat, North West.

Government has failed to come up with plans to prevent deaths of initiates despite many plans of action they had in the past.

The government has failed to prevent the deaths of initiates despite having had action plans in the past, says the CRL Rights Commission, which is hosting an indaba in Ekurhuleni on the matter.