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| Human tissue 'makes stronger muti' [medicine] for striking miners |
| 2013-03-11 |
| Rustenburg, Zuid Afrika - Human tissue and blood were used to make stronger muti to protect striking mineworkers in August last year, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Monday. The sons of a sangoma [witch doctors] told the miners certain rituals would "render them strong, invincible, and invisible", said advocate Vuyani Ngalwana, counsel for the police, while questioning miner Mzoxolo Magidiwana. Ngalwana put it to Magidiwana that a police witness, "Mr X", would testify that a group known as the "Makarapa" were not afraid of police and took part in various rituals to protect themselves. He said scars were made on members of the Makarapa and muti was put on the incisions. "Mr X would testify that the muti would prevent bullets from penetrating the skin, the sons of the sangoma told the Makarapa," he said. Ngalwana added that the sons of the sangoma demonstrated this by shooting at a box. |
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