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Police and traditional and government leaders have slammed large gatherings of amakrwala in towns and villages, urging residents to avoid these meetings as they often result infights. The leaders said the illegal gatherings called ukudodisana (questioning each other’s legitimacy on the rite of ulwaluko), where amakrwala (young men who graduated from initiation schools) scrutinise one another’s genuine manhood and share alcohol, was not only a disgrace to manhood, but bred criminality and gang. ....
Murder and assaults of traditional nurses and caregivers at male initiation schools have sparked concern from Eastern Cape authorities who fear people may refuse to step in to look after initiates unless they are provided with bodyguards. ....
Taxi violence is again rearing its ugly head in the Eastern Cape with at least three taxi bosses and drivers killed and one hospitalised in a critical condition on Wednesday on the R61 near Port St Johns.The year 2023 was one of the bloodiest, with more than 20 taxi bosses killed in a few months in Ngqamakhwe, Butterworth, Centane, Willowvale, Dutywa, Elliotdale, and Mthatha since July 18. ....
Eastern Cape police have appealed for assistance in tracking down Zibekile Nkata, who they believe may be able to help with their inquiries into an initiation mass shooting in which three brothers died in Ngqamakhwe early in December. ....
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. ....