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Goblins for sale in Harare, $300 each
05 Jun 2015 at 06:24hrs | Views
Foreign traditional healers have flooded Zimbabwe selling goblins to people desperate to turn around their fortunes.
The goblins-known as 'short-boys' are sold for $300 in Harare.
The healers and herbalists who refer to themselves as 'doctors' are now increasingly advertising themselves in newspapers and on tree posters giving 'hope' that they can turn a person's fortunes and bring luck in their businesses and turnaround people's lives.
The 'short boys', according to one of the 'doctor' from Glen View, costs $300 while Sandawana oil is $250, Daily News reported.
The 'doctors' do not only have the 'short boys' but also have Sandawana oil, which can make people rich and chitaka wallets which blesses people with money, penis enlargements, bringing back lost lovers and good luck.
According to Daily News, the healers, their accents and non-comprehension of local languages signified that most were foreigners.
"It is different from a tokoloshe and you can be rest assured that your relatives or children will not die, it will just bring money," said one healer.
However, Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (Zinatha) director George Kandiero described the practice as witchcraft.
"What we want is for everyone who is a traditional healer to come and register with us, but those ones do not.
"We do not administer something like that because those said 'short boys' fall under witchcraft, we, on the other hand prefer exorcising people to remove bad luck."
He said those doctors advertising the 'short boys' were foreigners and not Zimbabweans.
"What we are saying is that those adverts should get clearance from our offices and not mislead people. They are breaching our code of conduct.
"Those people are not from Zimbabwe, most of them are from West Africa, where they get these things," said Kandiyero.
Another herbalist, Dr Kola originally from Tanzania, who is registered with Zinatha said he once got a job to help a school in Botswana that had been terrorised by the tokoloshes but had been discouraged by his wife.
"My wife was scared so I ended up not going. That is the time I almost had an encounter with a tokoloshe.
"We do not have them in East Africa, and because I use a different method and offer different services, I have never really been intrigued to know more about them," he said.
The goblins-known as 'short-boys' are sold for $300 in Harare.
The healers and herbalists who refer to themselves as 'doctors' are now increasingly advertising themselves in newspapers and on tree posters giving 'hope' that they can turn a person's fortunes and bring luck in their businesses and turnaround people's lives.
The 'short boys', according to one of the 'doctor' from Glen View, costs $300 while Sandawana oil is $250, Daily News reported.
The 'doctors' do not only have the 'short boys' but also have Sandawana oil, which can make people rich and chitaka wallets which blesses people with money, penis enlargements, bringing back lost lovers and good luck.
According to Daily News, the healers, their accents and non-comprehension of local languages signified that most were foreigners.
"It is different from a tokoloshe and you can be rest assured that your relatives or children will not die, it will just bring money," said one healer.
However, Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (Zinatha) director George Kandiero described the practice as witchcraft.
"What we want is for everyone who is a traditional healer to come and register with us, but those ones do not.
"We do not administer something like that because those said 'short boys' fall under witchcraft, we, on the other hand prefer exorcising people to remove bad luck."
He said those doctors advertising the 'short boys' were foreigners and not Zimbabweans.
"What we are saying is that those adverts should get clearance from our offices and not mislead people. They are breaching our code of conduct.
"Those people are not from Zimbabwe, most of them are from West Africa, where they get these things," said Kandiyero.
Another herbalist, Dr Kola originally from Tanzania, who is registered with Zinatha said he once got a job to help a school in Botswana that had been terrorised by the tokoloshes but had been discouraged by his wife.
"My wife was scared so I ended up not going. That is the time I almost had an encounter with a tokoloshe.
"We do not have them in East Africa, and because I use a different method and offer different services, I have never really been intrigued to know more about them," he said.
Source - dailynews
