The sooner we get rid of them, the better it will be for our progress
No place for outdated initiation schools today
10 March 2021 - 07:34
In the light of the challenges facing the SA youth, it is worth pondering the question whether initiation schools are a boon or a bane to our society. There have been many stories, mostly horrifying, about the experiences of the initiates at these “schools”, which include botched circumcisions which condemn young boys to childless futures.
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