'No initiation schools this season', says Mpumalanga MEC for Cooperative governance and traditional affairs

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Msibi said initiation season which starts anytime from the end of the month has the potential to spread the virus hence the cancellation. "We understand that initiations schools or such gathering have got a potential to spread coronavirus which is totally something the country and the province don’t need,” said Msibi.

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Damn! No men this year🙆🏽‍♂️

Young lives will be saved

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