The practice is considered a rite of passage for boys belonging to the country’s 10-million-strong Xhosa ethnic group.

The annual tribal "initiation ceremony" where teenage males in South Africa undergo painful circumcision has begun - despite it ending in 93 horrific deaths last year. Gruesome injuries also led ...

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 ...

A tribal 'initiation ceremony' in South Africa ended with nearly 40 deaths and dozens more mutilated after a mass ...