A woman from Bezha in Gwanda surprised all and sundry when she told her South Africa based husband that she had been impregnated by a goblin. The woman, Sihle Mpala, reportedly fell pregnant during her husband’s absence and when she was quizzed on the pregnancy, she claimed that goblins were ...

Gokwe woman Clara Mashoko caused stir after telling a traditional that she wanted to surrender her goblins which are tormenting her. Mashoko, who claims to have spiritually got the troublesome goblins from her grandmother when she was young, resides in the Northern part of the Midlands province under the traditional ...

Lutanga Shaba’s book The Way of The Light: Book 1 was officially launched at the Book Café, Harare, on March 1, 2013. Speaking at the launch of her book, Lutanga Shaba, or Mbuya Muhera, popular as an outspoken women rights advocate, lawyer, consultant, policy analyst, executive director and founder of Women ...

Fears are rising in Zimbabwe that traditional and faith-based treatments may be fueling the prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis. Such treatments are often favored by the local population because the healers are trusted community members and their services are often far less expensive than modern medicine. Many healers, or n’angas, ...

The Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (ZINATHA) admitted recently their uncoventional methods may have caused the Zengeza explosion which killed five people wounding more than 13.   The ZINATHA industry which comprises of sangoma healers and so called reformed n’angas grew exponentially in the past 12 years following economic decline. A top ZINATHA member and popular Harare ...

Traditional healers in Zimbabwe have called upon relevant authorities to bring to book traditional leaders who allow bogus spiritual healers, commonly known as tsikamutandas to operate in their areas. The call was made by the founding president of Zimbabwe National Practitioners Association (ZINPA), an affiliate of Traditional Medical Practitioners Council, Friday ...

The Traditional Medical Practitioners Council (TMPC) says it has registered over 30,000 traditional and faith healers in Zimabbwe. But it continues to get reports of illegal witch hunters popularly known as tsikamtandas. TMPC’s senior licensing officer Jennifer Mawuzhendi said despite people coming forward to regularise their operations, cases of witch hunters ...

Former University of Zimbabwe Vice-Chancellor and MDC-T senior official Professor Gordon Lloyd Chavunduka has died. He was 82. Prof Chavunduka was president of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers’ Association (ZINATHA) and published numerous books on traditional medicine. The MDC-T confirmed Chavunduka’s death, saying he had been unwell for the past couple of years ...

Irishman Sean Connor has claimed that there is widespread use of juju or magical powers in Zimbabwe football. Speaking to BBC recently, the former Caps United coach said, “It’s rife, I never believed in it, but if the players believe in it then that’s probably the way it works,” he explained. ...

The talking bird that recently caused confusion at Mbare Musika market in Harare has reached Chipinge in southeastern Zimbabwe. Immaculate Chirunga (33) said the bird is with traditional healer Sekuru Mudapaviri Ndoro. Chirunga, a cross-border trader from Dzivarasekwa suburb  who was stopped with the bird, claimed, “I was attacked by a strong wind that confused ...