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60% of Zimbabweans visit sangomas

Health and Child Care Minister Douglas Mombeshora has revealed that more than 60% of Zimbabweans are turning to traditional healers for medical assistance, a trend he said underscores the urgent need to restore confidence in the country's …

Published: 12 Sep 2025 at 09:53hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter

Minister partners sangoma in drug abuse fight

Justice Deputy Minister and Mazowe South Member of Parliament Nobert Mazungunye has joined forces with well-known traditional healer Peter Chingudzi, popularly known as Sekuru Nyangatayani, in a renewed effort to combat drug and substance …

Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 12:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

Sangoma has a message for Mnangagwa

Munetsi Masheedze, widely known as Murandawashe, has resurfaced with a familiar declaration â€” he says he has a message for the President of Zimbabwe, this time Emmerson Mnangagwa, claiming it is from ancestral spirits and intended to tra…

Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

Prosecutors steal from sangoma

Two prosecutors based at Rusape Magistrates' Court, Takunda Chinakidzo Muzenda (30) and Marlon Makamba (32), were arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Wednesday on allegations of criminal abuse of office. The pair …

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:31hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter

Robbery victims clash with Sangoma claiming to send bees to recover stolen goods

Two robbery victims have confronted a Ruwa-based sangoma, Sekuru Muzura, after his claimed supernatural method of sending bees to recover stolen property failed to deliver results.A Concession farmer, who lost farming equipment and inputs,…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:20hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter

3 women flee sangoma's shrine naked

Three women from Chitungwiza fled in a state of undress from a sangoma's shrine in Goromonzi on Saturday after a disturbing cleansing ceremony left them frightened and confused.Pamela Bako, Shillah Mabvudzi, and a third woman known only as…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:17hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter

Sangoma invades Bindura prison

In a heartwarming display of corporate social responsibility, popular Glendale-based traditional healer Peter 'Sekuru Nyangatayani' Chingudzi, donated pads, groceries, winter wear and toiletries worth hundreds of United States dollars to t…

Published: 15 Jun 2025 at 12:33hrs | 2141 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura

Sangoma denounces witchcraft

Controversial traditional healer Gogo Chihoro has publicly clarified that she does not practice witchcraft, following a surge in requests from the public seeking such services. Speaking through her spokesperson, Gogo Chihoro firmly rejecte…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:02hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chiefs, sangomas bemoan cultural rot

Traditional chiefs and healers have been called upon to play a proactive role in restoring cultural decency by promoting Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) across communities.Chief Chiweshe, born Elias Kutadzaushe, emphasized that traditio…

Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:39hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter

Dembare splashed US$126,000 on Sangomas without paying players

Zimbabwean football giants Dynamos have been slapped with a FIFA-imposed transfer ban after failing to pay outstanding dues to two Ghanaian players â€” despite reportedly spending a staggering US$126,000 on sangomas (traditional healers) o…

Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:47hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter

Sangoma arrested for sodomy

POLICE in Mutoko have arrested a self-proclaimed traditional healer from Mutoko after he allegedly sodomised a16-year-old boy.Allegations are that the victim became acquainted with the traditional healer who was assisting his late aunt for…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:28hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter

Chipo Muchegwa engages Sangoma

Musician Chipo Muchegwa is continuing to remember the people living with disability as she has scaled a step up by engaging Glendale based traditional healer Sekuru Nyangatayani in giving back to communities.Muchegwa and Sekuru Nyangatayan…

Published: 24 May 2025 at 22:49hrs | 1926 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura

Man seeks sangoma before reporting stolen car to police

A Kadoma man caused a stir after failing to report the theft of his vehicle to the nearby police station, instead embarking on a 150-kilometer journey to Harare to consult a traditional healer. The unusual delay in reporting the crime has …

Published: 01 May 2025 at 08:57hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter

Former top model Lungile 'Cyclone Ree' Mathe converts to a sangoma

Former Miss Tourism Zimbabwe's Miss Personality 2011 Lungile "Cyclone Ree" Mathe has seemingly found a new calling as she is now a sangoma.The 35-year-old model, who in 2011 was dethroned by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority for her alleged i…

Published: 08 Apr 2025 at 11:38hrs | 2243 | by Erick Matotoba

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."I was a moving grave but am now well," Kati…

Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 08:15hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter

Robber arrested at sangoma's house

One of eight suspected armed robbers accused of targeting residents, churches, and businesses in Harare has been arrested while allegedly receiving spiritual assistance from a traditional healer at a house in Glenview 1. This arrest marked…

Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:38hrs | 2324 | by Staff reporter

Traditional Healer Gogo Chihoro to Open Office in Bulawayo This Saturday, Answering Calls from Matabeleland

Renowned traditional healer Gogo Chihoro will launch her long-awaited office in Bulawayo this Saturday. After receiving numerous calls from Matabeleland residents, who yearn for her renowned services, Gogo Chihoro is setting up shop to mak…

Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 20:09hrs | 1769 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Sangoma brutally killed by ex-boyfriend

Tragedy struck Schoonplaas near Modder East in Springs, South Africa, when 35-year-old sangoma Mahlatse Makgwane was found murdered in her shack on Monday, October 14. The gruesome killing, allegedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, has l…

Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:50hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter

Villagers engage witch hunters in search of missing baby

Villagers in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, have enlisted witch hunters to help locate four-year-old Milton Tshuma, who went missing on March 15. The boy was under the care of neighbors while his aunt attended a meeting at a local bu…

Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:51hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter

Sangoma at home, artiste on stage

Musician Evias Bhebhe, popularly known as Dziva Lemvula, takes great joy when listeners become possessed by their ancestral spirits while listening to his music. Bhebhe, who performs with Gogo Awakhiwe Nkosi, has garnered a significant fol…

Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:50hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's traditional healers take to TikTok

WEARING a stylish black leather jacket and a red blouse, a denim sun hat covering her dreadlocked head, Gogo Mafirakureva goes live on TikTok.In just the first few minutes of her livestream, almost 1,000 people join in.A traditional song p…

Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Sangoma's US$30 000 wedding brings Harare to a standstill

SEKURU Tasvu's nuptials with his sweetheart Talent Qeliwe Mpofu last weekend were rare in more ways than one.Not only was it a spectacle to have a traditional healer opting to have a white wedding, but he also splurged more than US$30 000 …

Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:08hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

Sangoma robs woman during cleansing

IN a distressing incident, a woman from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo, lost her money and valuables to a self-proclaimed sangoma and his wife during a cleansing ceremony.Lubelihle Makwati met the self-proclaimed sangoma, only identified as …

Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:19hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Armed robbers arrested despite paying sangoma

Three armed robbers targeted a businessman at his residence in the Mahatshula suburb, purportedly making off with US$6,000 and P110,000, while also offering a traditional healer 1,800 pula as a gesture of gratitude.Elvis Charapuka (38), Ml…

Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 21:01hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Sangoma rapes 13-year-old to 'enhance powers'

A TRADITIONAL healer from Mbizi Village, under Chief Nyajina, Uzumba, appeared before the Murehwa regional court last week for allegedly raping his 13-year-old niece in the belief that this would enhance his healing powers.Zivanai Mafanech…

Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:46hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Minister Chitando stranded as Qatar Airways plane grounded in Zambia

Dozens of travellers from Harare including Zimbabwe's mines minister Winston Chitando were left stranded in Lusaka, Zambia, on Sunday night after a Qatar Airways plane developed a technical fault.The aircraft declared an emergency on appro…

Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 17:25hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean sangoma kidnapped and forced to say he is 'a fake healer'

Zimbabwe-born and South Africa-based traditional healer Khokhovula Gandabaloyi has opened a case of kidnapping and extortion against who he believes are people responsible for his kidnapping in January.He said he now feared for his life af…

Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 17:17hrs | 13 | 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 Government's thrust of patient safety, includin…

Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 06:56hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Sangoma wife terrorises hubby

WHEN it comes to abuse in a relationship, we typically imagine the survivor as being female.But that is not always the case. Mzingaye Ncube from Nketa 6 suburb in Bulawayo is one of a growing number of male victims of domestic abuse who ca…

Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:30hrs | 33 | 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 herbalist.Inside a private house in Chitungwiza, 25km…

Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:45hrs | 22 | by Vimbai Chinembiri

Sangoma (106) in court for extortion

BINDURA traditional healer, Elias Godknows Zinyemba, who is popularly known as Sekuru Zinyemba has been arraigned before the courts on extortion charges after he defrauded unsuspecting clients of US$7 000 in tokoloshe (goblin) cleansing ce…

Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Are sangomas really 'linked' to armed robberies?

Armed robbery in criminal law is an aggravated form of theft that involves the use of a lethal weapon a victim typically motivated by the desire to obtain money.Cases of armed robbery have reached an epidemic level in Zimbabwe. A thought-p…

Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:44hrs | 14 | by Blessing Mandabva

Sangomas are also looking for money

A trio of male adults left Zimbabwe for Mozambique in search of a Sangoma to give them a get-rich-quick voodoo panacea. A yesternight borne fire discussion had assured them in Nampula province of Mozambique riches were a low fruit waiting …

Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 09:07hrs | | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Sangoma snatches client's hubby

FOR Sephukile Mathuthu, from Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb, things were not going well for her husband Prince Mathuthu when they decided to consult a sangoma, Malandisa Ncube, from Old Magwegwe suburb.The sangoma reportedly healed her hus…

Published: 07 May 2021 at 11:16hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Sangoma accused of raping teenage client

A self-styled traditional healer yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of raping his teenage client after claiming that the encounter would heal her menstrual problem. Steven Nyasha Mabviregudo (35) of Stoneridge, Harare, appeared…

Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 23 | 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 matching jean trousers, the tall and slim religious le…

Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:22hrs | 12 | by Tendai Chara

Sangoma saves 'poacher' from serving jail time

A local man here, who was found with a wild cat, dried meat and skins including a buffalo tail, escaped jail for poaching after he told court a spirit medium told him to collect the skins from the bush for ritual purposes.Mabulo Mathias Ny…

Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:18hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Traditionalists cleanse Victoria Falls

All is set for the traditional cleansing of Victoria Falls and its environs at a shrine in Phakama Village, Mvuthu today. Traditionalists from Chief Mvuthu's area led by descendants of the Tokaleya clan, the Mugomba and Muzamba families wh…

Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:22hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Hundreds return sangoma's apparatus

HUNDREDS of people have visited the late popular traditional healer Sekuru Ndunge's homestead in Chipinge since his death a month ago seeking permission to carry on using his paraphernalia from his family, his eldest son Jabu has said.Born…

Published: 04 May 2019 at 23:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Chipinge sangoma's earth-shaking list include prophets, musicians, businesspeople, footballers, politicians

In an earth-shaking revelation, several well-known people, from in and outside Zimbabwe, to include but not limited to prophets, traditional healers, musicians, businesspeople, footballers, politicians and "money-changers", are said to be …

Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 10:45hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter

Panic after sangoma's death, clients throng home to return charms

THERE is gnashing of teeth among those who sought lucky charms from prominent traditional healer, Sekuru Charles Makuyana-Ndunge, who died in Chipinge on March 30, 2019 after a courageous battle with diabetes.His son, Jabulani aged 44 told…

Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:27hrs | 29639 | by Staff reporter

Sangoma rapes, flees, leaves behind bicycle

An inyanga-cum-prophet, who allegedly used a knobkerrie, okapi knife and snuff box to intimidate girls before sexually abusing them has been arrested.Masimpe Muleya (30) is facing one count of raping an 18-year-old girl in Lusulu, Binga so…

Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | 21 | 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 outside her circles but revered by tho…

Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 14:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

There is a solution for every problem or every problem has a solution

Each and every problem that one may face in life has got each its solution. There is a solution to every problem so problems should be dealt with immediately, do not leave them to escalate. Even the word of God said or God promised that li…

Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 07:13hrs | 14 | by Belinda Chowa

Sangoma under 'spell' in court

self-styled traditional healer Francis Koga got "possessed by spirits" in court last week as a Karoi magistrate heard his criminal insult case. Magistrate Mr Sam Chitumwa had to refer Koga (age not given) for mental examination in terms of…

Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 09:21hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Man unleashes sangoma on step mum

A SELF-PROCLAIMED traditional healer, who was hired by ZBC presenter, Shelter Kwaramba, to conspire against her stepmother, was last week sentenced to seven months imprisonment by magistrate Joshua Mawere.Chamunorwa Rusenza was convicted f…

Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 15:50hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Fake Sangoma arrested

THE so-called sangoma looked real in his animal skins and spoke so convincingly that many families in Khayelitsha fell for his money scam.Daily Sun reported that but when he tried the evil trick on a family from site C, it backfired. Peopl…

Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:52hrs | 20 | by Staff Reporter

Gospel artiste loses $2k to traditional healer

A desire to get rich quickly through crooked ways turned nasty for a gospel musician after a "traditional healer" he paid for rituals of multiplying money turned out to be a con-man.Clive Barangiro, famed for compiling Apostolic Faith Miss…

Published: 21 Jan 2016 at 05:43hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa

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 facilities when seeking their services.…

Published: 27 Jun 2015 at 08:18hrs | 14 | by Lovemore Zigara

A Sangoma can be a witch at the same time Pt 2

I decided to target his evening meal all the time. I put the concoction into his food especially into his relish. I did it non-stop for two weeks, then another week, then another week. What I realized is that his face was peeling! He compl…

Published: 16 Jun 2015 at 14:45hrs | 6642 | by Nomazulu Thata: taken from eBook 'Sweetmother'

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