Unkind cut for initiates
26 August 2015 - 02:45
A primary school in Port St Johns, Eastern Cape, has come under fire for chasing away 20 pupils who underwent cultural initiation. Their crime? Leaving school before the end of term in May to attend winter initiation school where they are circumcised.The boys, aged 13 to 15 and in grades 4 to 6, have been turned away from the primary school repeatedly since it reopened in July.
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