Muri South Africa, haravugwa ikibazo gikomeye cy’ubuzima n’umutekano, aho abahungu n’urubyiruko benshi bakomeje gupfa mu gihe bari mu mihango gakondo yo kwinjira mu bugabo (initiation).
Iyi mihango, imenyerewe cyane mu miryango imwe n’imwe, igamije guhindura umuhungu akitwa umugabo, ariko bamwe mu bayijyamo bahura n’ibibazo bikomeye birimo kubura ubuvuzi bukwiye, gukomereka bikabije, ndetse n’indwara zituruka ku isuku nke.
Amakuru aturuka mu nzego z’ubuzima agaragaza ko buri mwaka habarurwa abantu benshi bapfa, abandi bagasigara bafite ibikomere bikomeye ku mubiri. Impamvu nyamukuru zivugwa zirimo gukoresha ibikoresho bitujuje ubuziranenge, abatagira ubumenyi bukwiye bayobora iyo mihango, ndetse n’aho ikorerwa hatizewe.
Leta ya South Africa yakomeje gusaba ko hajyaho amategeko akomeye agenga iyo mihango, ndetse igasaba imiryango gufata ingamba zo kurinda ubuzima bw’abana babo. Hari n’ibikorwa byo kwigisha abaturage ku kamaro ko gukurikiza amabwiriza y’ubuzima n’isuku.
Nubwo ari umuco ufite agaciro gakomeye mu mibereho y’abaturage, abasesenguzi bavuga ko ari ngombwa kuwuvugurura kugira ngo ujyane n’igihe, cyane cyane hagamijwe kurinda ubuzima bw’urubyiruko.