During the 16 days of activism event at Uncle Tom’s Hall in Soweto, several healers told the commission the law, as it stands, does little to prevent abuse within their sector.
In South Africa, practitioners of traditional medicine, including herbalists, midwives, and faith healers who claim to speak to ancestors, have historically practiced openly and freely. But the ...
Tributes are flowing for Dr Sylvester Hlati, a pioneering traditional healer and community leader who advanced African ...
BUSHBUCKRIDGE, South Africa (AP) — The walls of Shadrack Mashabane’s hut in the rural South African town of Bushbuckridge are covered with traditional fabrics, with a small window the only source of ...
The visions started when Mirriam Bangisa was a child, coming to her while she slept. Bangisa would see herself wearing beaded clothing and performing traditional dances of her Xhosa tribe as she ...
Renee Street receives funding from the South African Medical Research Council. Christa Rautenbach receives funding from the NRF and the Humboldt Foundation. South African traditional healers play a ...
Editor’s Note: Sangomas, or South African traditional healers, carry forward a long history of healing in the Zulu, Swazi, Xhosa and Ndebele traditions of South Africa. Chris Ntombemhlophe Reid, the ...
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That's where traditional healers, who live in communities and carry out more than 80 percent of the country's medical consultations, are expected to find a role, from making sure pills are taken ...
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