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Post-term pregnancies and tradition – an uncomfortable experience for many women

News, Women's Health

Some rituals can harm a woman's feeling of self worth as pregnancies past the 42 week date and families seek solutions.

SandileMbili
February 17, 2021

Don’t misunderstand muti, says traditional healer

Our Health

For centuries Africans have relied on traditional medicine for healing, and even with the dominance of Western medicine, muti is still widely used in South Africa.

Graeme Makam
June 7, 2019

Ill woman’s ‘sangoma trauma’

Our Health

When she was 28, Isabell Gama from Emanyeveni in Mpumalanga thought that the tingling in her feet was due to idlozi; her ancestors were calling her to become a sangoma but she had not answered the call.

cynthiamaseko
March 29, 2019

Ill woman’s ‘sangoma trauma’

Our Health

Cynthia Maseko
March 29, 2019

Thulo’s tanning skill feeds him

Our Health

Enterprising rural villager Thulo Tshehlo has come up with an enterprising way to make a living for himself using only a stone and a spade as his tools of the trade.

Teboho
November 27, 2018

Taking the itch out of eczema

Our Health

Mpumalanga - Nomonde wears the scars of eczema on her face but the 9-year-old girl carries invisible scars from being bullied because of her skin condition.

cynthiamaseko
November 13, 2018

Depression: Treat to defeat

Our Health

Mpumalanga - Carol Ngcamane was recently diagnosed with depression and is slowly coming to terms with the diagnosis.

cynthiamaseko
October 17, 2018

Traditional healers debate initiation school age

Our Health

EASTERN CAPE - Whether young men are ready for initiation school at the age of 16, or if they should wait until they are 18 was the basis of heated discussions among traditional healers at the recent public hearings into the Customary Initiation Bill held at the Club House Hall in Flagstaff.

Zizo Zikali
September 18, 2018

Rural young men use muti to treat STIs

Health, Men's Health, Our Health

EASTERN CAPE - Most young men in Flagstaff at Ingquza Hill believe that traditional medicine as is the best treatment for sexually transmitted infections.

Asavela Dalana
July 31, 2018

KZN man opens a traditional hospital

Health, Our Health

KWAZULU-NATAL – A traditional healer from Ingwavuma north of KZN has made history by forming a private hospital in Bhambanana area at Mhlabuyalingana.

SandileMbili
June 28, 2018

Family ditches muti for epilepsy treatment

News, Our Health

MPUMALANGA – After a 6-year-old girl suffered numerous seizures and took unnecessary treatment from local sangomas, she has finally been properly diagnosed with epilepsy and is doing well on treatment.

cynthiamaseko
February 15, 2018

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