![]() They just didn’t use it correctly," he said. "During the taxi war in the area three years ago I used the muti and was never wounded even when shot at. A taxi driver who declined to be named said he had used Nzabe’s muti before and it had worked. Several people who spoke to South Africa's Daily Dispatch believed his treatments were effective. The izinyanga (a traditional herbalist) alleged to have administered the muti, known in Mbizana as Nzabe, was renowned in the area. "After they got the muti people were so aggressive. I turned it down as I didn’t believe in it," he said. Bulelani Malawana from Mthatha, turned it down himself. Some of the 34 miners killed in the Marikana mine massacre may have believed the muti from a traditional healer from Mbizana had made them invincible. It was said that individuals came with muti's for people to drink and get courage to be able to withstand the struggle, to sometimes smell blood. It was said that a sangoma had "cashed in" on the fears of striking miners, who were allegedly given muti (a potion, or medicinal herbs) before charging armed police. Days earlier, 10 people, including two police officers, died in another incident at the mine. In many instances they do not have access to any other kind of health care.Īt the Lonmin Marikana Mine in the North West portion of the country, 34 striking miners were killed in clashes with police on 16 August 2012. ![]() Statistics indicate that more people in South Africa consult traditional health practitioners than medical doctors and other practitioners of allopathic medicine. ![]() ![]() In addition, many still follow traditional beliefs, often consulting a sangoma (also written izsangoma, a diviner). Most black South Africans self-identify as Christian and are members of the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches or of the predominantly black Zion Christian Church. Leaders of at least three of the BRICS - India, China and South Africa - share a commitment to promoting their local traditional medical system as an alternative to the scientific Allopathic mainstream modern medicine of the deeveloped countries. What all BRICS countries have in common is that they have a large land area, a large population, and abundant resources. BRICS was formed in contradistinction, if not opposition, alternative to the G7 of the seven leading developed countries. The BRICS of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is the summit of five emerging countries. ![]()
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