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EASTERN CAPE: 1000 circumcision deaths in 10 years

SABC (South Africa)
December 27, 2013

Burnt initiates taken to hospital

Three initiates who were burnt at an initiation school in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape have been taken to hospital. They were burnt after their makeshift hut caught fire.

Health Department spokesperson, Sizwe Kupelo, says an ambulance was dispatched after reports of a fire at the initiation school.

However, earlier reports indicated that when the ambulance arrived at the school, the initiates' handler refused to release them into the care of the medics.

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Meanwhile, a 21-year-old traditional nurse has been arrested for allegedly beating up initiates in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape.

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Police report that 30 people have died so far in the Eastern Cape after botched circumcisions.

The deaths have sparked a premature closure of Eastern Cape summer circumcision season. They are expected to be closed mid-January due to the continuous mushrooming of illegal initiation schools.

The Eastern Pondoland area of the Eastern Cape is notorious for its bogus circumcision schools. In the past 10 years, about 1 000 boys have died in the province and many others have lost their private parts.

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