The authors discuss a series of dreams of R .K., a South African female isangoma, a special person chosen by the ancestors to mediate between the living and the dead. Indigenous cultures of southern ...

KATLEHONG, South Africa, Aug 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - S moke swirled around Badanile Maci as she crouched on all fours, clapping and chanting with half a dozen other sangomas - South African ...

VALLEY OF A THOUSAND HILLS, South Africa — The calling came to Janine Andrews in a dream. An elderly woman appeared clutching a fly swatter made from a cow’s tail. She was adorned with colorful beads, ...

Churches are combating syncretism among millennials and Gen Z amid a rise of social media healers who call on ancestral spirits. Millions of Black South Africans seek guidance from sangomas, ...

Cyril Naidoo stands at the front of a crowded conference room, talking about a concept in family medicine called the iceberg theory. “When a patient comes to us with a headache, our job is to try and ...

JUSTICE deputy minister and Mazowe South MP Nobert Mazungunye on Friday joined hands with a traditional healer, Peter Chingudzi, popularly known as Sekuru Nyangatayani, in fighting drug abuse in his ...

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Glendale-based traditional healer Sekuru Nyangatayani has extended an open invitation to all sangomas and Africans to attend ...

Gogo Skhotheni, whose real name is Tumi Motsoeneng, rose to fame through her reality show on Moja Love, which focused on ...

Gogo Skhotheni has reflected on her major acting debut. The former traditional healer also shared her previously unknown experience as an actress.