# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, has called on all initiation schools to ensure they are properly registered and compliant ahead of the upcoming winter initiation season. Launching the Safe Customary Initiation Awareness Campaign over the weekend, Hlabisa called for zero deaths, following 90 fatalities last year. He stressed that all initiation schools must ensure the safety and well-being of all initiates are top priority this season:
Minister Hlabisa urges all initiation schools to be compliant [SOUND]
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