This year’s traditional summer circumcision season (umgidi/ulwaluko) in South Africa — especially in the Eastern Cape — has once again taken a tragic toll. Instead of celebrating the coming of age for young men, many families are preparing funerals as the initiation season becomes increasingly deadly - THE MORNING BRIEF

This year’s traditional summer circumcision season (umgidi/ulwaluko) in South Africa — especially in the Eastern Cape — has once again taken a tragic toll. Instead of celebrating the coming of age for young men, many families are preparing funerals as the initiation season becomes increasingly deadly

This year’s traditional summer circumcision season (umgidi/ulwaluko) in South Africa — especially in the Eastern Cape — has once again taken a tragic toll. Instead of celebrating the coming of age for young men, many families are preparing funerals as the initiation season becomes increasingly deadly.  

Guest: Ntshele Petros Majola: Social Activist & Director of Khulanathi Community Development

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