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Initiate's death blamed on dehydration
An initiate had died in Butterworth, in the Eastern Cape, apparently from dehydration, the police said on Thursday.
Captain Jackson Manatha said that 19-year-old Sonke Foca "is alleged to have dehydrated in his traditional hut on Wednesday".
"It is alleged that the deceased was circumcised by a professional traditional doctor (ingcibi) on Saturday," he said.
He added that a nurse had called an ambulance after she had noticed that he was very weak, but upon its arrival, Foca was already dead.
News - General: Initiate's death blamed on dehydration
Another E Cape circumcision death
The Eastern Cape has recorded its second death of the summer circumcision season, the province's health department said on Wednesday.
The 19-year-old youth died on Wednesday morning at an illegal intiation school in the Butterworth area of Transkei, spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said.
The cause of death was not known yet.
The school had been closed down by health authorities.
Another 19-year-old died of dehydration in the same area earlier this month.
Kupelo said the department would send a team to the area to close down other illegal schools.
News - Health: Another E Cape circumcision death
Circumcising boys for religious reasons 'could breach Human Rights Act'
Circumcising boys for religious reasons is akin to pulling out their fingernails and could be a breach of the Human Rights Act, an academic has warned.
By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor
Dr David Shaw, lecturer in ethics at Glasgow University, argues that circumcising boys for no medical reason is unethical.
He wrote in the journal Clinical Ethics that any doctor who does perform circumcision without a medical reason could be guilty of negligence and in breach of the Human Rights Act as the child cannot consent to the operation and it can be argued it is not in their best interests.
Circumcising boys for religious reasons 'could breach Human Rights Act' - Telegraph
Circumcision 'left boys in agony'
A doctor offering £150 [$US230] circumcisions at his private clinic in Essex left young boys in agonising pain, a disciplinary panel has heard.
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Essex | Circumcision 'left boys in agony'