The World Health Organisation (WHO), BBC News and books published on traditional medicine often report that 80% of the South African population uses traditional medicine as their primary healthcare.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phepsile Maseko, a sangoma (traditional healer) and coordinator of the 70,000-strong Traditional Healers Organisation, seen at a ...

SOWETO, South Africa, (AFP) — After decades in the shadows, South Africa’s traditional “sangoma” healers are modernising and becoming big business, raising questions about the need for strict ...

L’vovo Derrango is set undergo a traditional ceremony next weekend in Durban. But the kwaito artist is shy to reveal whether it will be to undergo training as a sangoma. A recent report in Isolezwa ...

Gauteng's education department on Friday confirmed being aware of allegations that a pupil at Sunward Park High School in Ekurhuleni had been labelled a demon by some teachers and ordered to remove ...

Being gay or lesbian doesn’t change who you are or make you less of a human, these are the remarks of renowned gender activist and sangoma Mabuti Mkangeli. The 48-year-old member of the Lesbian, Gay, ...

Nozolile Zintoyinto’s 82-year-old eyes widened when she looked up at the corrugated iron ceiling of her mud hut. “I hope it does not collapse!” she exclaimed. A thunderstorm, accompanied by pounding ...