An Initiation Indaba will be held in Kempton Park near Johannesburg on Friday to discuss the future of initiation schools in the country.

This after the ruling African National Congress in Parliament turned down a call by other political parties to have an Independent Commission of Inquiry into the recent deaths of 36 initiates in Limpopo and Mpumalanga. They were undergoing traditional initiation and circumcision rituals.

Leader of Congress of People in the Mpumalanga Legislature, Zalle Madonsela, believes government leaders haven’t been open about the issue.

“I was speaking to one official who is working at KwaMhlanga Hospital about these deaths and he said to me, ‘Are you aware that the number has increased to 36?’ Then I decided to present it to the house as motion during the sitting … When I come with an allegation, the MEC is supposed to then tell the House the truth… For the mere fact that the department did not deny [it], we feel convinced that there is something that they are hiding,” said Madonsela.
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