JOHANNESBURG -- The young South African thought he was going to the hills to become a man. He came back with a horrifying injury that made him an outcast. In 2012, Asanda lost his penis to gangrene in ...

She has endured decades of vilification and professional isolation, but at the age of 72, Doctor Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni persists in her fight to end the deaths and misery from traditional circumcision ...

A tribal "initiation ceremony" that featured a mass circumcision left 39 teenage boys dead after it was botched. The 2025 initiation ceremony in South Africa ended with nearly 40 deaths and dozens ...

A tribal "initiation ceremony" where teenage males in South Africa undergo agonizing circumcision has ended with 39 deaths and dozens more boys mutilated. Despite a target being set by the government ...

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Five people were killed and 17 injured at a traditional ceremony in a South African village when gunmen, thought to be from a rival group in the local tribe, opened fire on ...

The 2025 tribal 'initiation ceremony' where teenage males in South Africa undergo agonising circumcision has ended – with 39 deaths and dozens more boys mutilated. Despite a target being set by the ...