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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 tr

Published: 12 Sep 2025 at 09:53hrs | | 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 | 409 | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | 2132 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura

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 | | by Staff reporter

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 | 614 | by Staff reporter

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 | 456 | by Staff reporter

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 | 297 | 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 | 5 | 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 | | 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 | | 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

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 | 4 | 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 | 1 | 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 | | 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 | | by Belinda Chowa

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 | | by Nomazulu Thata: taken from eBook 'Sweetmother'

A Sangoma can be a witch at the same time Pt 1

I was born in 1956 the City of kings and Queens, Bulawayo. My parents lived in Njube Township. I had two siblings, both boys. I finished my primary education and got a division two. I was over the moon because it meant that I was eligible …

Published: 16 Jun 2015 at 14:45hrs | 6 | by Nomazulu Thata: taken from eBook 'Sweetmother'

Female teachers forced to suckle sangoma's breasts

A female traditional healer in Mlotshana village in Nkayi is reportedly terrorising female teachers by demanding them to suckle her breasts at night.Teachers at Auckland Primary school are leaving in fear.Also at the mercy of the sangoma a…

Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 15:52hrs | 3 | by Concerned villager

Of promiscuity, love potions and traditional healers

PROMISCUITY just like prostitution is as old as the human race itself. These  are two moral ills that society has always tried to find ways to abort yet they still remain.The moral ills have seen a puzzling upsurge in the number of di…

Published: 06 Jul 2014 at 11:30hrs | | by Peter Matika

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