TOM EATON | Let’s hope those prefects are taught to mind their pees and Qs

Maritzburg schoolboys’ urine-soaked initiation ritual was nothing but the most toxic, debased form of masculinity

27 January 2022 - 20:38

When I heard that nine Maritzburg College prefects had been involved in a urine-soaked initiation ritual I was shocked and disgusted: I simply cannot believe that prefects are still a thing...

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