"On the morning of my ceremony while I was in my newly built sangoma hut , he came and told the other people who were present to go out. He told me he would kill me and my family if I ever mentioned what happened.""He got out and told them I was under the influence of the spirit hence I was screaming."
Khoza said she broke her silence after she was beaten to a pulp because she refused to stay with him.The man is due to appear in the Temba magistrate's court today. Community leader Mtimande Ngwenya from the Ubuhle BeNgcugce Cultural Governance and Projects said they were against rape and abuse in initiation schools and have encouraged Khoza to speak up and help other women in initiation schools.
"We have realised that females are vulnerable ... sex is not part of initiation, this is sexual abuse," said Ngwenya.