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R10 ,000 goes to fake sangoma!
13 Sep 2015 at 09:15hrs | Views
"AFTER all the warnings they have received, people still fall for scams by bogus inyangas!"
These were the angry words of South African Traditional Healers Association president, Sazi Mhlongo, after a Durban couple recently lost R10 000 to an inyanga who promised to make them millions.
Nhlanhla (26) and Zama Makhathini (25) from Inanda sold their household goods to raise the money for the inyanga as they had been unemployed for a long time. The inyanga, based in North Beach, told them all their worries would be gone in 10 days if they followed his instructions. Nhlanhla told Daily Sun he read testimonials from customers of the inyanga in a Zulu newspaper and thought he had found the solution to his problems.
"On our first visit, we paid R850 for muthi to chase away bad luck. The inyanga advised us to come back with a white cow for our ancestors," he said.
Nhlanhla said earlier this month, the inyanga took them to a cave near Isipingo Beach.
"He brought a metal suitcase full of money. We then heard a voice. We didn't know where it was coming from. It told us it was one of our ancestors and we needed a white cow to have a financial breakthrough," he said. "We went home and got money from all the loan sharks we knew. The following day, we gave the inyanga money to buy the cow. He said he would take the animal to the cave and call us when the money was ready but we never heard from him again."
Nhlanhla said when they went back to the inyanga's offices, he was nowhere to be found and his phone has been on voicemail since.
Major Thulani Zwane said a case of theft was opened at Durban Central Police Station but no arrest had been made.
These were the angry words of South African Traditional Healers Association president, Sazi Mhlongo, after a Durban couple recently lost R10 000 to an inyanga who promised to make them millions.
Nhlanhla (26) and Zama Makhathini (25) from Inanda sold their household goods to raise the money for the inyanga as they had been unemployed for a long time. The inyanga, based in North Beach, told them all their worries would be gone in 10 days if they followed his instructions. Nhlanhla told Daily Sun he read testimonials from customers of the inyanga in a Zulu newspaper and thought he had found the solution to his problems.
"On our first visit, we paid R850 for muthi to chase away bad luck. The inyanga advised us to come back with a white cow for our ancestors," he said.
"He brought a metal suitcase full of money. We then heard a voice. We didn't know where it was coming from. It told us it was one of our ancestors and we needed a white cow to have a financial breakthrough," he said. "We went home and got money from all the loan sharks we knew. The following day, we gave the inyanga money to buy the cow. He said he would take the animal to the cave and call us when the money was ready but we never heard from him again."
Nhlanhla said when they went back to the inyanga's offices, he was nowhere to be found and his phone has been on voicemail since.
Major Thulani Zwane said a case of theft was opened at Durban Central Police Station but no arrest had been made.
Source - Daily Sun
