Callan Gazet-du-Chattelier at the river with other sangoma initiates. Photo: Supplied Three years ago Callan Gazet-du-Chattelier of Silverton decided to train as a sangoma despite objection from this ...

Inanda, KZN - In a darkened room filled with the pungent aroma of a smouldering sacred plant, a sangoma, or a traditional African doctor, nurses a sick man back to health with ancient herbal remedies.

Traditional healer Solly Mathebula (39) of Mamelodi East Extension 4 has once again predicted a troubled 2017 for his fellow residents. ALSO READ: Rough year ahead, sangoma After a blow at the bones ...

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 ...

John Lockley‚ a fully initiated white South African sangoma in the Xhosa tradition‚ has been invited to share his healing insights in the US. Lockley‚ popularly known as Ucingolwendaba (the messenger) ...

Piet Retief — A prominent white sangoma in Mpumalanga who died in a car crash last weekend has left a huge gap in his community where he planned to establish a hospice. Colin Dedekind, 29, was a ...

Sheila Dorje (38) is a graphic designer, who at the age of 29 was at her peak. “I was doing really really well at work, establishing myself as a great designer. I think I was very passionate and ...