From left: Gumbi, Precious Sithole, known to the community as sangoma Ntombifunti Dabulamanzi, and Dungamanzi Mthethwa with the muthi that was dug up. Photo by Happy Mnguni ~
NTOMBIFUTHI Gumbi claims to have lived with strange things in her house for many years.
Until two weeks ago, when she decided enough was enough.
The 45-year-old said she was woken up by a voice telling her to go and look for a sangoma, and not just any sangoma, but the one she saw in her dreams.
“I went in the direction the voice was sending me. It led me to sangoma Dabulamanzi. When I got there Dabulamanzi narrated my problems before I could even tell her why I was there.”
Ntombifuthi, of extension three in Palm Ridge, Ekurhuleni said: “My family lived a life of fear and horror. My family members would be beaten up whenever we went out. We have been to many sangomas and prophets seeking help, but with no luck.”
But now, she claimed, things have changed for the better, ever since Dabulamanzi came to her home.
“She dug up something that resembled a horn. It was tied up with a red cloth, a 20 cent coin and dice. She also found a front leg or arm of what seemed to be a monkey or baboon, as well as what appeared to be human blood in a half litre bottle.”
Sangoma Precious Sithole, known as Dabulamanzi, told Daily Sun that the blood in the bottle, which smelled, had been mixed with muthi to cast a spell on the family.
“That’s why no one liked them. They will have to undergo certain rituals.”
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