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Four years on, Lily Mine families want recovery of the bodies of three missing workers to restart

Analysis Trevor Hlungwani - 5 Feb 2020

The ground swallowed 90 people, but three died in the tragedy and their bodies were not found

Legacy of a lesbian sangoma

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Jun 2018

A tribute to Zean ‘Nkunzi’ Nkabinde, an activist who made a rich contribution to the Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action’s work

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@Noksangoma explains the five types of spirits you may not have known about

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Jul 2016

Sangoma Nokulinda Mkhize analyses the ancestors found in Southern African bloodlines.

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A sangoma connects the art of performance and of healing with a search for identity

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 25 Jul 2016

Traditional healing and drama art may not typically intersect, but they do have a connection.

Beware the charlatan sangomas

Article Gloria Nakajubi - 5 Nov 2015

Ugandan entrepreneurs are taking advantage of your problems to increase their own fortunes while telling yours.

Sangomas’ power challenges state

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Jun 2015

An anthropologist schooled in traditional healing, Professor Robert Thornton, says it is deeply rooted in ideas and not science.

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The fashion designer who felt the call of the ancestors

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Jun 2015

Karabo Finger was called to be a traditional healer when her mother, the family elder and a spiritual medium, died and connected her to her ancestors.

Sexual healing: An African sex safari

Article Jessie Cohen - 12 Feb 2015

The African Sexual Healing Tour is empowering, but bruised by its bland approach to heterosexual cliché.

I’m rattled by the convulsions of a sangoma

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Nov 2014

A sangoma's unsolicited advice comes across as perhaps a little desperate.

Prudence Mabele: “I have seen ARVs save lives”

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Nov 2013

Mabele helped lead the fight for antiretrovirals in SA. A memorial service will be held for her today. This was her last interview with Bhekisisa.

Use of traditional healers vastly exaggerated

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Aug 2013

Claims that 80% of South Africans prefer traditional healers over public healthcare are false; in reality less than 2% go to a sangoma first.

The new generation of sangomas

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Apr 2013

You have no alternative but to obey your calling, says a young healer, but it is a spiritual blessing. She spoke to Aneesa Fazel.

Labour Appeal Court rules sangoma’s sick note valid

Article Sapa - 19 Oct 2012

A court has ruled a woman who was "badly tormented by her ancestors" must be reinstated in her post, even though she leave without permission.

Sangoma claims Safa owes him R90 000

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Oct 2011

A sangoma says Bafana Bafana will not win another match until he is paid an outstanding R90 000 by Safa for "magic" to beat France at the World Cup.

Unconventional is the real norm

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Mar 2011

You have a bit of a cough, night sweats and a searing headache every now and again. So, what's the diagnosis?

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