SABC 'must kill beast'

05 April 2007 - 02:00
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Eastern Cape traditional leaders want the SABC to slaughter a beast to apologise for screening a documentary on circumcision.

Eastern Cape traditional leaders want the SABC to slaughter a beast to apologise for screening a documentary on circumcision.

They found SABC1's Umthunzi Wentaba, which has been suspended, insulting because it stripped the tradition of its secrecy and sacredness, and provoked the wrath of ancestors.

The amakhosi's demand was conveyed this week to an SABC delegation that was led by chief executive Dali Mpofu. - Sapa