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Traditional Initiation schools and practitioners given support for summer season

The 2024 Summer Initiation season will commence on 1 November 2024, marking the beginning of an important time for initiates, families, and...

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Safer Initiation

The Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) recognises the importance of cultural traditional practices. As a cultural...

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Safe traditional initiation

The Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport (DCAS) recognises the importance of cultural traditional practices.

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Western Cape report on summer initiation season

The Western Cape Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committee (WCPICC) has been established under section 11 of the Customary Initiation Act...

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Four criminal cases opened against illegal traditional initiation schools

Officials of the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, accompanied by members of the Provincial Initiation Coordination...

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Call for initiation schools to register for 2023 Summer season

The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport invites initiation school principals and initiation forums to register for the 2023 Summer...

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WCG working with stakeholders to keep initiates safe this winter

The 2023 Winter Initiation Season officially started on 1 June 2023 and ends on 31 July 2023. The Western Cape Government (WCG) together...

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Western Cape upholds sustainability of initiation practice

On 11 November 2017 the Minister for Cultural Affairs and Sport, Anroux Marais, officiated at the Western Cape Initiation Consultative...

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Speech of Minister Anroux Marais at Initiation Consultative Meeting in Cape Town

Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Anroux Marais Initiation Consultative Meeting at The Strand Towers Hotel On 11 November...

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