Over 100 school applications approved for Gauteng winter initiation season

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Ntokozo Khumalo

11 June 2025 | 8:05

With the application process officially closed, the Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committee said the winter season will begin during the June school holidays.

Over 100 school applications approved for Gauteng winter initiation season

A picture of young boys from the Xhosa tribe attending a traditional initiation school in Libode in the Eastern Cape province. Picture: AFP

JOHANNESBURG - More than 100 initiation school applications have been approved for this winter customary initiation season in Gauteng.

With the application process officially closed, the Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committee (PICC) said the winter season will begin during the June school holidays.

The PICC also added that initiates who are above the school-attending age will start on different dates.

The committee’s spokesperson, Kiba Kekana, explained that their winter school dates are in line with the Customary Initiation Act.

“We have aligned our dates with the school holidays calendar, starting from the 28th of June and initiation programs will end on the 21st of July. But we also take a note that there are those who are not of school-going age and we decided as the PICC that their commencement date, their start date, should be the 1st of May 2025 and the closing date will be the same as those of the school-going age, that is the 21st of July.”

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