Dingaka confront sexual abuse within their ranks

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.