The death toll for this year’s summer initiation season has risen to 31, eight more than the 23 recorded during the entire season last year and there are still three weeks to go.
Eastern Cape leaders have expressed shock as the initiation death toll ballooned to 12 after the fatal shooting of two initiates, who were brothers, in Ngqamakhwe on Monday. The first death in the initiation season was that of a 20-year-old, who was allegedly killed by a group of men in a Lusikisiki village.
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In an incident that has shocked the Eastern Cape, two initiates and their elder brother, who was also their traditional nurse, were shot dead by unknown gunmen at their initiation school.