Tuesday, December 14, 2010

7 die in Eastern Cape circumcision

By Jurina Nkwazi
14 December 2010


An 18-year-old young man has died at an initiation school in the Mount Fletcher area this morning.

His death brings the total of Eastern Cape circumcisions to seven.

Health department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo says, “A 19-year-old would-be initiate died at Waterfall village in the Mthatha while 12 others are being treated at Mthatha General Hospital after botched circumcisions.

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