The medical male circumcision (MMC) camps in KwaZulu-Natal were well underway, the provincial health department said on Sunday.
"Having commenced on December 7, 2014 the MMC camps are taking place throughout KwaZulu-Natal's 11 health districts and will continue until January 31, 2015," said spokesman Sam Mkhwanazi.
The three-day camps take place any day of the week during the school holidays but were usually held from Friday to Sunday.
"The clients come to a venue, usually a school, where they are taught life skills, undergo HIV testing and counselling and then [are] circumcised," said Mkhwanazi.
"They are then reviewed and discharged the following day."
Accommodation and catering was provided for the three days.
The camps began in 2010 following a call by King Goodwill Zwelithini to promote circumcision.
"The KwaZulu-Natal Medical Male Circumcision Centre of Excellence... has circumcised more than 474,556 males," said Mkhwanazi.
It aimed to have 2.5 million men circumcised by 2016.