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Mshiyelwa “Mtshayina” Ndoda, a notorious traditional surgeon based in Libode, at home in Zele village. Picture: Lubabalo ngcukana
Mshiyelwa “Mtshayina” Ndoda, a notorious traditional surgeon based in Libode, at home in Zele village. Picture: Lubabalo ngcukana

Mshiyelwa Ndoda is unapologetic about circumcising boys as young as 10.

He believes that by the government-prescribed age of 18, boys are already sexually active and may “be infected with diseases”.

Otherwise known as MaChicken or Mtshayina, Ndoda (67) is a notorious Eastern Cape traditional surgeon (ingcibi) and prides himself on having circumcised thousands of young boys, mostly in western Pondoland.

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