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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mogomotsi Magome and Alfonso Nqunjana

Inside the secretive circumcision rituals that have led to 500 deaths in just a few years

The traditional circumcisions happen twice a year with the next slated for June - (AP)

Lamkelo Mtyho, 22, had no known health issues when he joined his peers, wrapped in blankets and smeared in clay, for the most important ritual of his young life: the highly secretive process of traditional circumcision.

His family in South Africa expected him to return triumphant, full of cultural knowledge and officially a man. Three weeks later, they learned that he was dead.

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