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Zimbabwe's sick turn to herbalists over ailing health system
When Agnes Kativhu could not get treatment for breast cancer from Harare's main public hospital, she checked in to one of the many self-styled herbal clinics opening up across Zimbabwe's capital....Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 08:15hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Traditional healer (23) kills herbalist (67)
Mount Darwin - A self-proclaimed traditional healer is in trouble after she allegedly gave a prominent herbalist a toxic concoction.Dorica Masunungure (23) is assisting police with investigati...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 18:53hrs | 1254 | by Simbarashe Sithole
SA's Home Affairs may have to pay Zimbabwean R1 million
The Department of Home Affairs will likely have to pay damages to the tune of R1 million to an illegal immigrant after the Eastern Cape High Court ruled that she was unlawfully detained for a month....Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 08:00hrs | 8836 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver 'loses manhood'
In a bizarre turn of events, a truck driver traveling from the DRC to Zambia allegedly experienced a horrifying ordeal in Beitbridge. After an all-night encounter with a married commercial sex worker ...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Influx of herbalists hindering cancer treatment'
Nothando Mutizira, head of oncology at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, has raised concerns about the increasing reliance on herbalists, which she believes is hindering successful cancer treatment out...Published: 19 May 2024 at 10:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sangomas told to register
The Traditional Medical Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (TMPCZ) has moved in to enforce regulations that will ensure all traditional medical practitioners are registered in a move to uphold Governme...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 06:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Prophet warns sangoma who sells Jezebel oil
South African based leader of Imperial City Church Prophet Isaiah Brian Sovi has warned that he will spiritually shutdown the business of a trending Zambian herbalist who is distributing Jezeb...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 13:31hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Former senior cop in murder storm
AN inquest is set to be held for a woman who was allegedly poisoned to death in a fight over inheritance in which a former Assistant Commissioner in the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), Mrs Marian Tige...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 13:58hrs | 43 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabweans turn to traditional medicine
INTEREST in practising as herbalists is growing in the country, with the numbers of people enrolling at the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers' Association (ZINATHA) training school ris...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Traditional healers lure women with promises of easy births
TWO daughters. Long, painful labours. Several miscarriages.For Soko, a hairdresser in her late 30s, the quest for a son and a safe, easy birth led her to seek professional help - from a herbal...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:45hrs | 10 | by Vimbai Chinembiri
Hand me down knowledge is drying up
Emotionally strong village elders are being quickly gathered to their ancestors, may be tell tale signs of the end times. Echoes from the corridors of time had very mature people guiding young...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Tondo Murisa Chinehasha
Zimbabwean herbalist kills woman in the UK during ritual
A man who killed a woman by giving her too much nicotine during a healing ritual, causing her "toxic trauma", has been jailed.Lyndon Nindi travelled to Nottingham on 16 February last year to t...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 18:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Prophet by day, sangoma by night
At first glance, Bishop Cuthbert Nyaruvenda, the founder of Sangano Dzvene Revapostori Church, looks like an ordinary person next door.Alighting from his car clad in a blue T-shirt and matchin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:22hrs | 3 | by Tendai Chara
Zimbabwe's herbalists, doctors unite thwarting non-communicable diseases
HARARE - With government's research confirming that 80 percent of Zimbabweans consult herbalists prior to visiting hospitals, the country's Ministry of Health has shifted to partnering traditional hea...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 16:56hrs | 1 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Herbalists dismiss claims bute heals Covid-19
AS the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit the country with record infections and deaths being recorded, some desperate locals have resorted to using Bute in the hope the traditional...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 patients resort to home remedies
Clara Tandi felt feverish. Worried she was sick with the coronavirus, she grabbed handfuls of lemon, guava and mint leaves from her garden and boiled them into a liquid.Then Tandi (59) strippe...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Organ enlargement herbs a myth'
A local traditional herbalist has dismissed claims of the existence of organs enlargement herbs.In an interview Dr Gilbert Chahwanda has rather encouraged men to seek long lasting solutions in...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Clinical trial of new Covid-19 herb starts
Some local doctors on Friday launched clinical tests in Masvingo to ascertain the effectiveness a of a powder made from local herbs, against Covid-19. The powder, called Bhanan'ana, was discov...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pioneer guerilla Tshinga Dube speaks on first operations
IN our past two editions we published the military and political exploits of renowned pioneer guerilla fighter, David Mongwa Moyo aka Sharpshoot. Moyo spoke about his deployment in a unit of 1...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spirit mediums also didn't foresee Cyclone Idai calamity
RECENTLY, I was taken aback when I heard the Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira mocking local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds and left thou...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:44hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Trees are life let's plant them
Noone can downplay the importance of trees to both humanity and wildlife, from timber, cattle pens, firewood to fruits and the medicinal roots used by the village 'sangoma'. Trees are life let...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 19:26hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Python used to scare churchmen
SEVENTH Day Adventist emissaries who were on a door-to-door bible teaching outing were last Thursday left scurrying for cover after a Nyamajura man did the unthinkable when he pulled out and released ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:00hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Of prophets-cum-herbalists
'Aguma', who knows may be its the panacea to the HIV/AIDS scourge. But wait a minute, when and how did the purported man of God 'migrate' from spiritual healing to herbal concoctions? Where do we draw...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Tondo Murisa
'I'm health, tourism ambassador'
PROMINENT traditional healer and herbalist, Sekuru Kamwelo Banda, says government should recognise his efforts in contributing positively to economic growth and promoting religious tourism as his clie...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mgagao clashes: A ZIPRA narrative
COMRADE Joseph Sibuko Mbedzi whose Chimurenga name was Joseph Sibuko was born in 1951 in Beitbridge. He grew up in a family that was heavily involved in politics. His big Brother John Mbedzi was expel...Published: 20 May 2018 at 09:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma despised outside her circles, revered by those who know her
INVESTIGATED by child rights organisations for allegedly recruiting underage girls for exploitation as sex slaves - traditional healer Sophie Masikuka, 57, popularly known as Mbuya Sauti - is despised...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 14:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma 'cures' cancer
A renowned traditional medical practitioner has called for more education on the healing and management of cancer through traditional means.Traditional medical practitioner Newton Mudzingwa - ...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 13:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
George Weah attends TB Joshua's church service
On Sunday, October 22, 2017, the leading presidential candidate in Liberia and footballing legend George Weah attended a Church service in Lagos, Nigeria to "seek God's face" for his nation.Th...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 19:15hrs | 1 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Zimbabwe traditional healer wants Pope meeting
Sekuru Kamwelo Banda - the popular Harare-based traditional healer, herbalist and spiritualist - has a burning desire to one day travel to Vatican City and meet Pope Francis, from whom he said he draw...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 23:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Meet the sex doctor with the 'right’ formula
COULD the best sexual athletes be found in Hwange?If the story of one Abel Mudenda should be listened to then there's likelihood. Mudenda's wife of five years threatened to leave him for...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 09:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
60 year old man duped in manhood enlargement scam
A 60-YEAR-OLD Epworth man, Gibson Mashiri, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Court giving testimony in a matter in which he allegedly lost $1 500 to a local traditional healer in a manho...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sangoma making a fortune in South Africa
He calls himself Sekuru Ziso - in Shona, "the grandfather who sees". He is 55, a fortune teller and a traditional doctor, ...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 12:47hrs | 3 | by Ray Mwareya and Tichaona Jongwe
Tsikamutanda: Hunting the hunters
A team of law enforcement agents has been dispatched in the country's 10 provinces to curb the fraudulent operations of self-proclaimed witch hunters (tsikamutandas), a senior police official has ...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 08:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The Ndebele State: Origins And Tribes
One hundred and forty-eight years ago yesterday, September 6, 1868, Mzilikazi kaMatshobana Khumalo, founder-king of the Ndebele State, died, leaving an unfortunate situation in which there was no clea...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 06:31hrs | 8 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
No male organ enlargement medicine, says Zinatha
THE Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (Zinatha) has described as bogus traditional healers who claim to offer male organ enlargement medicine as a survey has shown that of more than 50...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 18:06hrs | 8 | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Malawi bans foreign witch doctors
Lilongwe - Malawi has banned foreign witch-doctors from plying their trade in the southern African nation in a bid to curb a rising wave of abductions, attacks and killings of albinos.So far 1...Published: 28 May 2016 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Busi Mhlanga flies Zimbabwe flag high in foreign lands
UK based singer Sibusiso Mhlanga is flying the flag for the Zimbabwean nation with her colourful traditional attire and socially conscious lyrics. Popularly known as Busi Mhlanga, she is currently wor...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 00:24hrs | 1 | by Mafu Sithabile
Teen gets 315hrs community service for abortion
A FEMALE herbalist from Bulawayo is set to stand trial for giving a city woman herbs to terminate her pregnancy. The two women yesterday appeared at the Western Commonage Court facing a ...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 23:58hrs | 1 | by Noleen Makhurane
SA man sees mbanje dealing as something legal
Loyiso Maqela* doesn’t see himself as a drug dealer or a criminal.The 31-year-old dagga grower from a village near Mpande, south of Port St Johns on the Wild Coast, sees himself as more of a...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean traditional healers face ban in South Africa
South African traditional healers play a significant role for people that follow African cultural beliefs.There are more than 200 000 traditional healers across the country.Until recen...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Renee Street and Christa Rautenbach
Video of TB Joshua's meeting with 'lucifer' goes viral!
A YouTube clip showing controversial Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua's dramatic encounter with 'Lucifer' has gone viral, amassing over 500,000 views in just one month since its release online.The ...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 10:31hrs | 2 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Woman fed up with hubby's tiny sex organ
A Inyathi woman - Sihle Mouo aged 30 told a court that she left her hubby because he has a tiny organ and she is sexually starved.Sihle said Mabutho Moyo (42) said she suspects Moyo was 'fence...Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 09:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bogus 'foreign doctors' on the prowl in Zimbabwe
A new band of "foreign" traditional healers and herbalists has emerged in Harare, promising to help residents find lost lovers, heal incurable diseases and turn economic fortunes of the poor.T...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 09:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman inserts pepper, sticks in privates to abort
A DESPERATE pregnant woman from Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb reportedly paid a herbalist $150 to insert pepper and sticks into her private parts in an abortion exercise.Two days later, Pamela Ncu...Published: 13 Oct 2015 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Nhlalwenhle Ncube
HIV positive woman drugs herdboy, force him into sex, condom burst
A Dete woman stole her husband traditional aphrodisiac and gave it to her 17 year old herdboy and forced him to have sex with her. However, the condom is said to have burst in the heat of...Published: 25 Sep 2015 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Nurse turns herbalist after 25 years
AFTER practising as a nurse for 25 years, Senzokuhle Phaswana says she was forced by ancestral spirits to exchange nursing duties for herbs.Phaswana has reportedly saved many lives and all tha...Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 20:46hrs | 2 | by Nhlalwenhle Ncube
Sangomas claim to be entitled to medical aid remittances
Zimbabwe National Practitioners Association (ZINPA), an organisation which represents the interests of traditional healers, herbalists and faith healers, wants its patients to start using medical aid ...Published: 27 Jun 2015 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Lovemore Zigara
Traditional healers worried about influx of sex herbs
SEX enhancement products and concoctions have become the epitome of today's relationships, with many people flocking to different herbalists and traditional healers that claim they are able to enhance...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 14:25hrs | 1 | by Peter Matika
Goblins for sale in Harare, $300 each
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 he...Published: 05 Jun 2015 at 11:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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