Stellenbosch municipality ordered to allow Basotho caregivers access to initiates

Makhubela told the court the initiation school was operating under “very challenging and severe circumstances because of the restricted access”.

“The metro police are currently standing at the two entrance points to the site, locking the gates with padlocks and not allowing cars to enter the nature reserve into the sites where the initiates are,” he said, adding that this was hindering the provision of necessities such as food, water and medical equipment.Makhubela said he was denied access on December 3, and “I was forced to go back home with the essential equipment I was carrying”.

“This was followed on the same date by reports from the caregivers that one of the initiates was coughing blood and needed to be taken for medical care. We brought this to the attention of the metro police and pleaded with them to allow vehicular access into the site, but those pleas fell on deaf ears.”

Acting Stellenbosch municipal manager Anna Maria de Beer told the court the municipality had been provided with names of “principals and caregivers” when the initiation started on November 25 and Makhubele's name was not on the list. “There are seven identified principals and caregivers who are currently in occupation of the property and taking care of the initiates. [Makhubele] is not on that list,” De Beer said in an affidavit.

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