People & Power - Ndiyindoda: I am a man

People & Power - Ndiyindoda: I am a man is about circumcision among the Xhosa of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa.

Video

Circumcision rituals in South Africa — the ceremonial transition to manhood in the Xhosa society — are resulting in the mutilation and death of hundreds of young men each year. People & Power investigates the tragic consequences.

Includes testimonials of a mother who lost her son to circumcision ritual, and a man who lost his penis.

See also

• Ulwaluko

External links

2004

• Anonymous (8 July 2004)."South Africa youth dies from circumcision infection", South African Press Association (South Africa). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: An initiate from Zone 13 circumcision school in Mdantsane died inside his hut after suffering from septicaemia, a post mortem revealed on Wednesday.
• Anonymous (17 December 2004)."Nine killed in Eastern Cape botched circumcisions", SABC New. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: Meanwhile, 16 initiates have been admitted to the Mthatha General Hospital and another 15 at Cecilia Makhiwane Hospital in Mdantsane near East London.

2005

• Mati, Mvuyo (10 January 2005)."Brothers in double tragedy after initiation", Daily Dispatch (East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa).. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  Quote: Health MEC External link Bevan Goqwana has expressed shock at the deaths of an initiate and his elder brother, who apparently killed themselves in separate incidents at the weekend.
• Anonymous (24 January 2005)."Special courts for circumcision offences", South African Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: Last season 198 initiates were admitted to various hospitals, dropping from more than 400 the year before.
• Anonymous (18 June 2005)."Boy dies at initiation school", News24.com (Johannesburg). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: Since 1995, more than 6 000 boys have been admitted to different hospitals in the Eastern Cape, more than 300 have died and 76 had their genitals amputated due to botched circumcision.
• Maclennan, Ben (24 June 2005)."Illegal circumcision schools shut down", Daily News (Durban, South Africa). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: Kupelo said one initiation candidate died at the weekend of septicaemia at Engcobo, near Umtata, and another, from Sada near Queenstown, died as a result of dehydration on Monday.
• Anonymous (27 June 2005)."Circumcision: 15 in hospital", South African Press Association. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  Quote: Fifteen boys have been admitted to Tshilidzini Hospital in Limpopo after botched circumcisions, the External link Limpopo health department said on Monday.
• Anonymous (5 July 2005)."3 more initiates die", South African Press Association. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: Three of the boys were now in a critical condition in hospital with gangrenous penises.
• Anonymous (19 July 2005)."Circumcisions leave 20 dead", South African Press Association. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: "In the past week there were at least seven deaths. This means that 20 boys in total have died throughout the season," Kupelo said.
• Kabelli, Modise / Feni (20 October 2005)."Thousands of [circumcision initiates rescued from camps"], Daily Dispatch (East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: Provincial External link Health Department spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said the state had established that there were 3316 legal and 880 illegal initiation schools across the province in the last season.
• Muller, Michelle (14 November 2005)."Traditional surgeons nabbed for circumcisions", Cape Times (Capetown, South Africa). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: We have three helicopters and 400 4x4s on standby'. He said the department and the police were clamping down on illegal circumcisions after 23 boys died in the June-July circumcisions in the Eastern Cape.
• Anonymous (9 November 2005)."First arrest of circumcision season", South African Press Association. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: A young man has been arrested for illegally circumcising two teenagers at Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape, provincial health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said on Tuesday.
• Feni, Ludamile (13 December 2005)."10 die in botched circumcisions, 32 fight for lives", Daily Dispatch (East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: Last week the police had to exhume the body of a 17-year-old youth from Sterkspruit, buried inside his initiation hut. They had not been notified of his death.

2006

• Anonymous (12 January 2006)."Men kill circumcision nurse", Australian (Sydney). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  Quote: Mr Kupelo said in the Eastern Cape at least 10 young men had died during the current initiation period, which began in December.
• (27 June 2006)."Seventh boy dies from circumcision", NEWS 24, Capetown, South Africa. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  Quote: An Eastern Cape boy has died after complications following a botched circumcision in Port St Johns, bringing the death toll to seven since the start of the initiation season two weeks ago
• Feni, Lulamile (26 June 2006)."Circumcision rite: 6 die, 50 rescued in first week", Daily Dispatch (East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  Quote: All the deaths happened during the first week of the start of the circumcision period in the Eastern Cape. Five were under 18 years of age - although the circumcision laws ban the initiation of boys under that age. The five were aged 13, 14, and 17 years old.
• Anonymous (30 June 2006).[Twelfth boy dies after botched circumcision"Twelfth boy dies after botched circumcision"], IOL News. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
• Anonymous (1 July 2006)."Fifteen-year-old initiate dies of circumcision complications", IOL News. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  Quote: In total, six bogus traditional surgeons are on the run and 16 have been arrested.
• Webb, Boyd (7 July 2006)."Circumcised men to probe deaths of initiates", Star (Gauteng, South Africa).
  Quote: More than 20 boys are thought to have died in initiation schools since the start of winter. A number have died from pneumonia while others starved to death or died as a result of injuries suffered during the initiation process.
• Anonymous (5 October 2006)."Scores of initiates died in E Cape, hearing told", Star (Gauteng, South Africa). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  Quote: There had been 19 more deaths in the province this year. Another 63 initiates had to undergo amputations, while 562 were hospitalised, Eastern Cape Health Department officials said on the second day of the hearings in Lusikisiki yesterday.
• Gophe, Myolisi (30 December 2006)."South Africa: Matric Success Followed By "Mysterious" Initiation Death", Cape Argus (Cape Town, South Africa). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  Quote: Lunga Nocanda, 18, who matriculated from External link Hermanus High School, died "under mysterious circumstances" at an initiation school in Paarl on December 18 - the only known casualty of a botched circumcision ritual in the Western Cape this season.

2007

• Anonymous (2 January 2007)."Eight initiates die in Eastern Cape", SABC News. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  Quote: "This is a decrease in the number of deaths at the same time last year when 15 initiates died," Sizwe Kupelo, department spokesperson said. "And only six of the eight died due to circumcision related problems. One of the other two boys was murdered, while the other died in a fire at his school."
• Anonymous (2 December 2007)."Youth Dies After Traditional Circumcision", IOL. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  Quote: An 18-year-old youth died at an illegal initiation school in Gxulu Village, Umtata, and six others are in hospital.

2008

• Anonymous (23 June 2008)."Circumcision kills teen", South Africa Press Association. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: Magama said the boy's genitals had been severely mutilated and a nurse hired to look after him had not taken proper care of his wounds.
• (26 June 2008)."Eight initiates taken to hospital", The Star (Johannesburg). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  Quote: "They found 76 boys trapped in crowded and unhealthy conditions in a shack and two small rondavels. Eight of the boys have been taken to hospital," said Kupelo.