Zolani Mkiva, secretary-general of Contralesa, said the national executive committee of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa held a virtual meeting in April and unanimously resolved to not only suspend the winter season but to cancel it.The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa has warned that the winter initiation season could become fertile ground for the coronavirus to spread quickly among initiates.
“We could not afford to risk the lives of our children. Of course, it was not an easy decision but Covid-19 has disrupted everything in the universe and this makes the year 2020 an unusual year in the history of human rights,” he said. Mkiva said anyone found disobeying the order to cancel the initiation would face the wrath of traditional authorities and the full might of the law.
Eastern Cape co-operative governance and traditional affairs spokesperson, Mamnkeli Ngam said the suspension of“Post the national lockdown an assessment will be made about the upcoming summer season,” he said.would be prosecuted using the regulations governing Covid-19 as well as the provisions of the Customary Male Initiation Practice Act.
More boys have died from this than Covid19 victims so far but no shutdown of this nonsense.
But i thought alll initiations were cancelled because of Covid-19
Ban this ritual until 2022 to protect initiates from COVID 19
That's good
We welcome the decision by our traditional leaders
Am just wondering how coronavirus will reach the mountains. High risk areas should not have initiates.. but ai.. we are a colony after all. 🤷♀️
Ba ya kwene?
This will save more lives than LockdownSA Day53ofLockdown
ParliamentofRSA DrZweliMkhize DlaminiZuma PresidencyZA why it's still necessary for Contralesa to issue warning regarding the danger Covid-19 may pose on initiates this winter. I thought the matter is dead and buried that there won't be any initiation activities this winter?
My black compatriots, please help a whiteranger out: Is this something that can wait? Is this something that can be done when all this is said and done or are there certain ages or things that it must happen this year?
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