Dingaka confront sexual abuse within their ranks

Friday, September 15, 2017

Many Africans consult traditional healers for their health care needs PIC: WIKIPEDIA

For the large number of Batswana who consult them, traditional healers are integral in the community as points for counselling and healthcare. More traditional healers, however, are exploiting this privilege to sexually abuse, deceive, rob and debase their clients. Mmegi Correspondent, TUMELO MOUWANE reports on the profession’s attempts to clean u

Increasingly in the justice system, cases of traditional healers abusing their clients are commonplace. From their time-honoured positions of respect within communities, traditional healers have fallen from grace as a few bad apples have been hauled before the courts for offences such as rape, obtaining by false pretences and others, many committed during “consultations”.

The healers, however, are fighting to restore dignity to their profession.

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Dingaka confront sexual abuse within their ranks