CRL suspends initiation schools after deaths eNCA
JOHANNESBURG - Eastern Cape initiation schools where deaths have occurred have been suspended after the deaths of more than 20 initiates.
The commission has issued a stern warning to initiation schools. At schools in the Eastern Cape where deaths have occurred, the commission has taken action.In 2017, the organisation suspended some initiation schools in Gauteng for two years.Initiation deaths a national crisis"The CRL Rights Commission strongly believes that these challenges and deaths could have been prevented," said commission chairperson Professor Luka David Mosoma.
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