The Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA says those involved in running bogus initiation schools should be charged and convicted for human trafficking and murder.
The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa has called for the formalisation and institutionalisation of traditional initiation schools. File photo.The Congress of Traditional Leaders of SA has expressed shock at the death of 27 initiates in the Eastern Cape.
“Not a single young man should lose his life for undergoing the rites of passage from boyhood to manhood. All the criminal elements involved in the running of bogus initiation schools should be charged and convicted for human trafficking and murder.” “We make a clarion call for the formalisation and institutionalisation of traditional initiation schools in the country. This approach will help to better manage the initiation season and prevent further deaths,” he said.
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