South Africa: Customary Initiation Bill, 2018

20 April 2018 · Mariya Badeva-Bright

The South African Parliament will soon consider a new Customary Initiation Bill.

The South African Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs gazetted on 16 March 2018 a notice of intention to introduce the Customary Initiation Bill, 2018 in the National Assembly.

The main objectives of the Bill are—

(a) to protect, promote and regulate initiation;

(b) to provide acceptable norms and standards with a view to ensure that initiation takes place in a controlled and safe environment; and

Further information, including copies of the Bill and Memorandum, is available on request.

See the Gazette Notice for further details.(PDF)

(Photo: Ndebele Boys Returning from Initiation School, South Africa, (c) Steven Gerner, Flickr)

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