One Woman's Kiwi Lunch Is Another's Witchcraft

A case involving Chwayitha Ngcobo could end up in the highest court of the land, seeking counsel on a practice that many of our compatriots are only prepared to speak of in hushed tones.

Ngcobo, an accounts clerk at Island View Storage in Durban, was fired by her employer last month after a disciplinary hearing for allegedly practicing witchcraft.

A legally crafted charge sheet says Ngcobo opened her handbag, took out a parcel and then rubbed the contents in her hands and blew them three times in the direction of her supervisor, Premila Govender.

Ngcobo, who admits there was no love lost between her and Govender, said it was merely a kiwi fruit she was planning to eat for lunch that turned her into an umthakathi. Full Story

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