NGUNJANA VILLAGE, SOUTH AFRICA JUNE 20: (SOUTH AFRICA OUT) Initiates are smeared with white clay on their face and are covered in red and white blankets on June 20, 2014 in Ngunjana Village, South Africa. The winter circumcision season is under way in the Eastern Cape and elsewhere in the country. Traditional surgeons and health authorities are working together as much as possible to limit injuries and deaths. (Leon Sadiki/City Press/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
Parents from Emalahleni in Mpumalanga and the surrounding areas are furious after their sons were allegedly abducted and taken to initiation schools without their consent.
So far, more than 52 young men and boys have been forcefully taken to a mountain, where they are being kept hostage as their parents were refused access to them.
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