The 2025 summer Ulwaluko initiation ritual among the Xhosa people ended tragically with 39 boys dead. Illegal initiation ...

It was very painful to go through,” one previous participant said of the traditional ceremony that designates the transition ...

In Xhosa tradition, some rituals are performed on ordinary people while others are reserved for royals like Mandela, who was born into chieftaincy and was treated with royalty.

Nelson Mandela will be laid to rest on Sunday in an elaborate ceremony combining a state funeral and all its military pomp with the traditional burial rituals of his Xhosa clan to ensure he has an ...

"If we send them there and find that one boy is positive (for the virus), it means all 20 of them will be infected," said Afra Msutu, a Xhosa chief.