Bare-foot, with rattles on his ankles and wearing a colourful beaded ceremonial skirt, a white boy with short blond hair makes shamanic-like dance moves to a frantic drum beat. Kyle Todd is a ...

KATLEHONG, South Africa, Aug 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - S moke swirled around Badanile Maci as she crouched on all fours, clapping and chanting with half a dozen other sangomas - South African ...

In South Africa, practitioners of traditional medicine, including herbalists, midwives, and faith healers who claim to speak to ancestors, have historically practiced openly and freely. But the ...

Multi-award-winning singer Kelly Khumalo recently addressed rumours that she is a sangoma. A sangoma is a traditional healer ...

In a candid video shared on Instagram, South African award-winning singer Kelly Khumalo opened up about her spirituality, ...

Even though we live in the modern world, every continent — despite having pharmacies and doctors — has its traditional medicine man/healer, who can perform mystical healings (often involving some sort ...

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, ...

Cyril Naidoo stands at the front of a crowded conference room, talking about a concept in family medicine called the iceberg theory. “When a patient comes to us with a headache, our job is to try and ...