Africa News of Friday, 20 December 2019
Source: BBC
SA initiation schools suspended after circumcision deaths
The rituals associated with the passage into manhood are highly secretive
The South African authorities have suspended several initiation schools where boys have died in recent weeks taking part in circumcision ceremonies.
The country's religious and cultural commission said the schools in different areas of the Eastern Cape would be suspended for a year.
It called for the arrest of those responsible for at least 20 deaths.
The initiation into manhood involves spending weeks in mountainous areas in harsh conditions.
