Tag: sangoma

Boss tells trainee sangoma: drop your culture or get out

by Alfred Moselakgomo A student sangoma who wears a traditional cloth to work as part of his training has been forced to choose between his calling and his job by his employers. Now Letjatji Mothoa of Kameelrivier near Vaalbank, Mpumalanga, has approached the equality court alleging unfair treatment. Mothoa told Sowetan that his bosses told […]

 

High tech sangoma busts myths

by Namhla Tshisela Calling as a sangoma made her ditch career in accounting Meet Amanda Gcabashe, a finance wunderkind who is now one of South Africa’s rare breed of high tech sangomas. She asserts that taking this ancient African wisdom into cyberspace will shatter stereotypes about this revered but misunderstood call from the ancestors. Gcabashe […]