To provide for the effective regulation of customary initiation practices; to provide for the establishment of a National Initiation Oversight Committee and Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committees and their functions; to provide for the responsibilities, roles and functions of the various role-players involved in initiation practices as such or in the governance aspects thereof; to provide for the effective regulation of initiation schools; to provide for regulatory powers of the Minister and Premiers; to provide for the monitoring of the implementation of this Act; to provide for provincial peculiarities; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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The Customary Initiation Act, 2021 (Act No 2 of 2021), has been updated with the Establishment of National Initiation Oversight Committee: Customary Initiation Act 2021 (Act No. 2 of 2021), as per Notice No. 2736 of GG47490 dated 10 November 2022.
The Customary Initiation Act, 2021 (Act No 2 of 2021), has been updated with the Establishment of National Initiation Oversight Committee (NIOC), as per Notice No. 1075 of GG45357 dated 22 October 2021.
The Customary Initiation Act, 2021 (Act No 2 of 2021), has been updated with the Commencement of the Customary Initiation Act, 2021 (Act No. 2 of 2021), as per Proclamation No. 35 of GG44981 dated 13 August 2021.
The Customary Initiation Act, 2021 (Act No 2 of 2021), has been added to the site on 25 October 2021, as published in Notice No. 333 of GG44668 dated 4 June 2021.