Dying to be men: Driving factors behind mushrooming illegal initiation schools
Initiation is one of the world’s oldest traditional practices that has been observed across many cultures. In South Africa, the practice is observed among Nguni groups, which include the amaXhosa, amaZulu, amaSwati and amaNdebele people.
The Commission for Gender Equality thus conducted the study to establish the root causes that have led to the decay of this well-intended traditional practice. In the Eastern Cape and Limpopo, the specific patterns of geographic locations and prevalence were not clear. In terms of the pull factors as defined earlier, findings revealed that initiates voluntarily subjected themselves to initiation and circumcision practices by illegal and unregistered facilities. This was done by initiates without considering vital issues that were most likely to impact their lives.
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