JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The South African government says 11 young men have died so far this year in botched circumcision rituals that have killed hundreds in past years. The government said in a ...

JOHANNESBURG - Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa is proposing radical changes to initiation practices. He says parts of the rite of passage into manhood may be banned. It comes as 27 ...

Anthony Diala previously received funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa and serves on the Advisory Committee on Matrimonial Property (Project 100E) of the South African Law ...

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This paper examines the relationship between expressive symbols and the identity transformations implicit in adolescent initiation rituals. Previous work views these rites as a means of insuring role ...