Police have warned communities not to use open water for traditional ceremonies if they are unable to swim. This after two men‚ including a sangoma‚ drowned during a traditional ritual in the Free ...

The umgoduso (homecoming ceremony) takes place when an initiate returns home after completing the rituals to become a sangoma or igqirha (traditional healer). The initiate is trained by a diviner, who ...

Last week I did my sangoma ceremony. A community elder known as Bra-K who lives not far from my house said that he is glad that I am a sangoma and that now I will stop fooling with girls. He said that ...