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Sangoma attack film maker, Zanu-PF officials

NYANGA musician, Landmine Mangondoza's dream to capture the ongoing exhumation of skeletal remains of victims of the brutal Ian Smith regime on his new video ended up in tatters after chagrined spirit mediums gave him and two other Zanu-PF officials a through hiding.Mangondoza, who is shooting a vi...

Sangoma stoned to death, three arrested

Durban - The mother of the sangoma who was stoned to death in Welbedacht by a mob which wrongly believed she had abducted a child, has welcomed the 10-year sentences handed to the men who murdered her daughter.Lucky Howard and S'busiso Mateyisa, 27, and Khulile Feni, 34, were sentenced in the Durban...

Missing baby's mother enlists a sangoma

THE Mzilikazi woman  whose seven-day old baby was stolen from her house by a stranger last week has enlisted the services of prophets and inyanga as part of efforts to recover her baby.In an interview yesterday, Mrs Nqotshiwe Sibanda said the prophets she has consulted so far were saying her ba...

Gay sangoma

HE is a sangoma in every way. But he is different from most sangomas. He is gay.Sphamandla Ndebele (22) from section 3 in Madadeni, near Newcastle, in northern KZN, said he heard the calling when he was still in his teens. He matriculated in 2008 and started his training with a local gobela. He grad...

Man spends $800 at sangoma

A Beatrice man yesterday left the court in stitches when he said he used $800 from his salary to pay for services that were rendered to him by a traditional healer.Emannuel Majaya said this yesterday at the Harare Civil Courts where he was brought by his wife Emma Majaya who was seeking a protection...

Sangomas visit graveyards at night for rituals

Long lost lovers could return if traditional healer's claims are anything to go by. Not only do they claim to restore love but they also assert that they have powers to enlarge penises and make men last longer in bed. They also claim they can make one's financial woes a thing of the past.All this is...

Sangoma to hang for beheading boy

An Indian "witch doctor" who beheaded an 11-year-old boy and offered the head as a sacrifice to a goddess to improve his fortunes has been sentenced to death, police said on Tuesday.A local court in impoverished Chhattisgarh state in central India convicted 32-year-old Dilip Rathia on Monday of murd...

Woman dies at sangoma's place trying to terminate pregnancy

Harare mother of 1 dies at sangoma, tries to terminate pregnancy carrying twins A Kuwadzana woman died at a suspected sangoma's place in Tafara on Wednesday morning, amid reports that she was attempting to terminate her pregnancy,She was reportedly dropped at the 'doctor' Mai Doricah's lodgings by h...

Self-proclaimed sangoma takes Zifa official to court

A self-proclaimed traditional healer has taken a senior Zifa official in Masvingo to court demanding US$600 payment for herbs he allegedly provided to help a Division One team win a football match in April last year.Amos Saranavo (56) is claiming US$600 plus interest from Zifa provincial chairman We...

Prophets, sangomas team up to burn goblin, skulls

The mysterious objects and a suspected goblin that were dumped in the bush near Lushongwe Business centre in the Gwanda district have been destroyed. The suspected goblin was burnt last Sunday by local traditional leaders working with sangomas and prophets.In separate interviews, traditional leaders...

Sangoma's curse leaves thief's privates swollen

A sangoma in Sigonde area in Insuza reportedly became a celebrity overnight after he allegedly 'mysteriously locked' a suspected serial thief's urinary system until he confessed.Reports say the serial property thief Collen Matshazi's pilfering spree which had reportedly caused sleepless nights came ...

SA: Marikana sangoma assassinated

Rustenburg - The sangoma believed to have performed rituals on protesting Lonmin mineworkers in Marikana, North West, has been gunned down, the Farlam Commission heard on Monday.At the resumption of the public hearings in the Rustenburg Civic Centre, advocate Ishmael Semenya, for the police, told re...

Sangoma found cooking white farmer's body parts

A sangoma from Lesotho was caught in South Africa cooking the body parts of a murdered farmer in boiling water when he was arrested.This transpired at the trial of Moeketsi Hopolong Mokoena, 34, in the Free State High Court on Monday, reported Volksblad.Mokoena stands accused of murdering Jan van Wy...

Two men thoroughly bashed for selling human hair to sangomas

A wave of panic is gripping the city of Bulawayo following startling reports that two unidentified men cheated death by a whisker after they were brutally beaten by an angry mob that found them in possession of two bags full of human hair.The bizarre incident which undoubtedly sends shivers down the...

Sangoma bashes former aide for visiting shrine without removing shoes

A 31-year-old Epworth traditional healer attacked a 68-year-old man for refusing to remove shoes at his shrine. The two fought until the traditional healer sought help at an apostolic sect in Graniteside on Saturday.The traditional healer, identified only as Nyamasvisva, based in Graniteside along S...

Notorious thief's sangoma dies, stealing powers fade

NOTORIOUS Chipinge burglar, Tichaona Gwenzi (36), was last Thursday jailed for nine years after being convicted of unlawful entry and theft.Gwenzi had pleaded not guilty to the offence when he appeared before Mr Makamera Waini, who, however, convicted him after the State led by Mr Thembalami Dhliway...

'Sangoma used my sperms to fertilise clients'

A MUTASA man is claiming that a local sangoma has been using his sperms for fertilisation purposes.The sangoma who is also his ex-mother- in- law, has been harvesting his sperms for the past three years and using them to fertilise over 10 women who visited her seeking help in conceiving, but is now ...

Sangoma (74) sodomise six pupils

A 76-YEAR-OLD traditional healer from Lupane was on Tuesday slapped with an effective 20-year jail term for sodomising six pupils after he lured them to his house on different occasions, promising them cash and photographs.The court heard that sometime between January and March last year, Elmon Tsha...

Sangoma caught cutting patient's skin at Mpilo Hospital

In a bizarre incident, a sangoma was caught treating a patient at Mpilo Centra Hospital. The sangoma was clad in civilian attire.The alleged incident occurred on Thursday last week at a female ward. According to sources, the sangoma identified as Dumisani Mhlanga undertook the exercise at the insti...

Churches attack sangomas

Hundreds of people drawn from different Christian denominations yesterday descended on Chitungwiza's "house of death" for a cleansing ceremony, blaming traditional healers for the death of five people in a suspected bomb blast.Church leaders described traditional healers, popularly known as n'angas...

Late sangoma's wife (17) speaks out on mystery blast

The Zengeza traditional healer's 17-year-old wife opened up yesterday saying she felt electric shock in the blast that claimed her husband and four other people on Monday afternoon. The cause of the blast has not yet been established.Ms Liliyosa Nyawata, the traditional healer's wife, said that her ...

Sangoma offers muti to Bafana Bafana

A sangoma from the Eastern Cape, Reuben Matewu, says he can help Bafana Bafana win matches at the Africa Cup of Nations.South Africa settled for a goalless draw in their Afcon opener against Cape Verde Islands at the National Stadium on Saturday, compounding concerns about their ability to find the...

Sangoma's lighting ritual goes wrong, mysterious blast kills 5

FIVE people including a traditional healer died in a mysterious blast in Zengeza 2, Chitungwiza yesterday afternoon. The bodies of the dead were burnt while their limbs were strewn all over the place covering a distance of up to 60 metres.While the bodies seemed to have been burnt, there was no fir...