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The "tradition" of initiation at schools in South Africa can sometimes be so extreme that it becomes a form of extensive bullying, leaving victims with severe emotional scars which may never go away.
This is the view of a criminologist, Professor Christiaan Bezuidenhout, after allegations of sexual assault surfaced during the initiation process of Grade 8 pupils at Nico Malan High School in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape.
News24 previously reported on the suspension of six matric pupils at the school hostel after they allegedly sexually assaulted four Grade 8 pupils.
