Although parallel to the culture, Odendaal who serves all in the Metro inked an informative piece about the importance of initiation practice

The Boys are having a time of their lives at the initiation school. Sushi and DSTV are part of their soft life treats

First transwoman Cwenga Titi is set to undergo the IsiXhosa initiation rite later this month, Here’s what motivated HER:

Initiation season: Here are RULES to follow before embarking on the journey of boyhood to manhood, courtesy of CoGTA Eastern Cape

A traumatised Grade 10 pupil was allegedly brutalised and gang-raped by SIX men, while attending an East London initiation school.

Eight initiates have died in the current initiation season and 21 cases have been opened against traditional surgeons and nurses.

Tweeps were shocked after a Xhosa initiation graduate not one but three vehicles, and a star-studded welcome home party last week.

Cogta in the Eastern Cape has pleaded with communities to work together to prevent the deaths of kids during the winter initiation season.

Two teenagers have died in separate incidents related to circumcision in Verena and Laersdrift in Mpumalanga.

Government has confirmed the Xhosa initiation school has suffered 23 initiates’ deaths in the Eastern Cape. Last year recorded 14 fatalities.