Overcrowding causes botched circumcisions in Limpopo: CRL Commission - SABC News

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The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communitieshas identified overcrowding as the primary factor behind the botched circumcisions of over 200 initiates in Phalaborwa, Limpopo.

The traditional rite of passage to manhood was suspended in March 2021 as the country moved to contain the spread of the coronavirus...The traditional rite of passage to manhood was suspended in March 2021 as the country moved to contain the spread of the coronavirus...

The investigation conducted by the CRL Commission focuses on the alleged incidents of botched circumcisions at an illegal school in the Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality last year, where numerous initiates experienced complications and were hospitalised. The Commission also highlights that the initiation school had been authorised by a female traditional leader who was unable to oversee the process, leading to negligence towards the initiates.

 

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