When Nancy Rebecca flew to South Africa last April to be initiated as a Zulu sangoma — a traditional healer — the Tacoma resident knew she was heading into the unknown. She had no idea she also was ...

VALLEY OF A THOUSAND HILLS, South Africa — The calling came to Janine Andrews in a dream. An elderly woman appeared clutching a fly swatter made from a cow’s tail. She was adorned with colorful beads, ...

Loudly wailing and gasping for breath, a Zulu witch doctor with a clay-smeared face convulsively rocks and pumps a ceremonial club while the spirits of dead ancestors inhabit her body. I kid you not, ...

The sangoma accused of being involved in the brutal murder of Connie Ncube, 4, allegedly had a "vision" while the community was searching for the toddler. He allegedly pointed them in the direction ...

"The Ancestors are the universal Supreme Court and the day of judgment approaches. " The people suffering and dying in Ukraine and Gaza are the living descendants of the Ancestors. They are family.

A local guide will share cultural insight and history while leading visitors on a drive or a hike across the Ntantana Mountain with magnificent views of the 80m-high Nyandezulu Waterfall. There is the ...

Popular KwaZulu-Natal MK Party member Irvin Serame Mogale says he has resigned to answer his calling as a sangoma. In a letter to party president Jacob Zuma, secretary-general Dr Sifiso Maseko and KZN ...