Initiation schools can help end gender-based violence says Zulu king

Initiation schools can help end gender-based violence says Zulu king

The Zulu king believes initiation schools are an ideal place to continue teaching young men about gender-based violence. 

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini greets his supporters at The Moses Mabhida Football Stadium in Durban
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On Sunday, king Goodwill Zwelithini welcomed over 280 young men from across KwaZulu-Natal who participated in the 2019/2020 initiation programme.


Six initiation schools were part of the programme in the greater Kokstad southern KZN region.


One of the initiates, 26-year-old Vuyolwethu Tubane says he returned home a lot more aware of the crisis facing our country.


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Tubane joins the over a million that have went been circumcised in the province without any reported deaths.

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