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Nkosi Mavuso uses son's homecoming to announce succession

al Elated beyond words, Kursten Coltz, a white man of German descent, fights tears as he locks eyes with his only son, who is one of seven to graduate after a month in the mountains overlooking KwaMavuso village outside Dikeni.

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Summit to address challenges facing initiation custom

Every year thousands of young boys are sent to the mountain to be initiated into manhood, and yet each initiation season, some end up coming home in body bags. According to statistics, as many as 1,500 initiates have died in the province since the early 1990s while undergoing the centuries-old sacred traditional custom of ulwaluko in the Eastern Cape.

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Three sisters undergoing traditional rite die of burns

Three sisters who were undergoing the Intonjane rite into womanhood died from their burns after being trapped in a locked building which caught fire on Sunday.

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BREAKING | Consternation as six Eastern Cape initiates die within 72 hours

Six initiates died within 72 hours in the Eastern Cape this week, triggering widespread shock, with leaders fearing for the worst in the 2023 winter initiation season.

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