56 circumcision deaths since June

[Martin]

<http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20090929223349837C438518>:

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The body of an 18-year-old would-be initiate was found in a hut in the
village of Nyandeni, in the Libode area of Transkei, on Tuesday
morning, the Eastern Cape health department said.

Spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said the corpse was discovered by community
members.

It appeared that an illegal initiation school had been run at the hut,
and that two other youths circumcised along with the 18-year-old had
fled.

The "traditional nurse" caring for the youths was reportedly a
schoolmate.

Police were called to the scene, and an autopsy would be considered.
The cause of death was not yet known.

Kupelo said the death brought the number of circumcision-related
fatalities in the province to 56 since the start of the winter
circumcision season in June.

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[ProfQ]

Traditional or not, it's still a curse! You can take the barbarian out
of the jungle, but no one can take the jungle out of the barbarians.

Cicrumcising these young guys only promotes AIDS and STDs, why, because
they do not wait until they have healed properly before they engage in
sex, assuming they survive the amputation, that is.

It is a barbaric practise that has to be stopped.