{"id":93600,"date":"2026-08-31T09:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=93600"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:35:58","slug":"mass-circumcision-ceremony-leaves-43-boys-dead-and-dozens-more-mutilated-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/mass-circumcision-ceremony-leaves-43-boys-dead-and-dozens-more-mutilated-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass circumcision ceremony leaves 43 boys dead and dozens more mutilated in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/08\/31\/09\/110948771-16092531-image-a-66_1788163468576.jpg\" alt=\"Twice a year, the ceremonies \u00bf known in the country as 'Ulwaluko' \u00bf are carried out with the intention of preparing young men across the nation for manhood\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mass circumcision ceremonies in\u00a0<span data-track-module=\"internal-body-link\"><a id=\"mol-9d5d0730-a512-11f1-a1e8-2997c5b4368c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/south_africa\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">South Africa<\/a><\/span>\u00a0have left more than 43 boys dead and dozens more mutilated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Mass circumcision ceremonies in\u00a0South Africa\u00a0have left more than 43 boys dead and dozens more mutilated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mass-circumcision.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93601,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93600\/revisions\/93601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}