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== South Africa == | == South Africa == | ||
In 2009, until 15 August 2009, 53 boys died as a result of improper circumcision in [[South Africa]], while thirteen boys suffered penile amputations.<ref name="dispatch">{{REFweb | |||
|url=http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=337230 | |url=http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=337230 | ||
|title=Dispatch Online | |title=Dispatch Online | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> Dehydration, hypothermia, blood poisoning, heavy bleeding, and the fact that most boys don't seek help until it's too late are the most common causes. The circumcisions are performed without anesthetics using traditional circumcision tools. | ||
Many more young people are admitted to hospitals with inflamed or mutilated genitals. Gangrene results in the loss of the glans in some. | |||
Dimaza: "Apparently some were taken to hospital very late, so there is nothing the doctors can do for them. Your manhood just falls off."<ref name="dispatch"/><ref>{{REFnews | |||
Dimaza: " | |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20100124205204/http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/27293.htm | ||
|url=http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/27293.htm | |archived=yes | ||
|title= | |title=Botched circumcisions kill 33 boys in South Africa | ||
|date=2009-07-05 | |||
|accessdate=2021-11-13 | |||
}}</ref><ref>{{REFnews | }}</ref><ref>{{REFnews | ||
|url=http://www.weekendpost.co.za/article.aspx?id=440338 | |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090708035957/http://www.weekendpost.co.za/article.aspx?id=440338 | ||
|title= | |archived=yes | ||
|title=East Cape circumcision toll now 24 | |||
|date=2009-07-02 | |||
|accessdate=2021-11-13 | |||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
In | In the '' 'winter season 2008' '' (the circumcisions take place twice a year) 24 boys died as a result. 535 boys were admitted to the hospitals - one boy with an almost severed, rotting penis.<ref name="Southafrica">{{REFnews | ||
|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/safricahealthinjuryculture | |url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/hl_afp/safricahealthinjuryculture | ||
|title=Botched circumcisions leave 31 dead in S.Africa | |title=Botched circumcisions leave 31 dead in S.Africa | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
In | In South Africa the "Children's Act" of 2005 provides: | ||
; 12. Social, cultural and religious practices | ; 12. Social, cultural and religious practices | ||
:(3) Genital mutilation or the circumcision of ''female children'' is prohibited. | :(3) Genital mutilation or the circumcision of ''female children'' is prohibited. | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
The "Children's Act" stipulates: no circumcision of boys [against their declared will, see above, ed.] under the age of 16 and only by trained and authorized personnel.<ref>{{REFnews | |||
|url=http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=440296 | |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20090707004336/http://www.theherald.co.za/article.aspx?id=440296 | ||
|archived=yes | |||
|title=Boy dies from circumcision related complications | |title=Boy dies from circumcision related complications | ||
|website=The Herald Online | |website=The Herald Online | ||
|date=2009-07-01 | |date=2009-07-01 | ||
}} | |accessdate=2021-11-13 | ||
}}</ref> | |||
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== Extreme types == | == Extreme types == | ||