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Minister to clamp down on illegal initiation schools

Traditional affairs minister Sicelo Shisceka has called for initiation schools to be better regulated, and said that people running illegal schools must receive harsh sentences. Dozens of initiates have died this year because of illegal initiation schools, the City Press reported on Sunday.  Read more: News24

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