African Woo

[Faerie]

I am a spiritual and fortune teller sangoma l can help you in all problems like
-l can bring back your lost lover
-make your lover marry you and be yours for ever
-all pregnacy problem \
-work promation
-recover your lost,stolen proparty
-safe adortion
-remove tokoloshe
-l can make you see your enemies
-if your lover is cheating you come l help you get him/her in action -if you have a court case l will help you
-Aids/HIV patients l will handle that
-low libido
-finacial problems
-to use bujibuji ngazi medicine
-if you want to bind your lover
-l too have sandawana oil please come and see your miracle.
call me on 0768388305 call problems can be solved with in a week.


Got handed this pamphlet earlier this morning, and thought I'd share it. I copied the spelling as it appeared on the pamphlet. Enjoy!

[Ray Moscow]

I'm guessing that the AIDS advice won't include a visit to a real doctor or treatment with antivirals.

[Faerie]

I'm guessing that the AIDS advice won't include a visit to a real doctor or treatment with antivirals.

I'm guessing you're guessing right. :(

[Valheru]

Buji buji? I haven't tried that woo. Sounds interesting.

Does it involve whores in Hillbrow?

[Valheru]

P.S, for those in need, herewith some background on the Tokoloshe. (Pronounced Tokkolosh)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikoloshe

To this day, black newspapers have headlines involving the Tokoloshe. Thank God for Africa's liberation from the colonials! :rolleyes:

[Faerie]

'nother one....

Man arrested for burning feet
2009-08-26 11:03

"Police found 11 people who were badly burnt in their feet in a house in Ntuwe this morning [Wednesday]," said Superintendent Mzukisi Fatyela.

"The man said once a person's feet were burnt with hot stones they would be healed from their disease," he said.

Fatyela said this bizarre healing had been going on in Ntuwe near Mthatha since January.

Cannot walk

"Lots of people come here and pay to be healed, the man burns their feet and tells them they will be healed after.

"All the people found by the police cannot walk. The situation is bad," he said.

Fatyela said the man was arrested on Wednesday morning at his house where he performs the so-called healing.

"The people found at his home were between 19 to 65 years of age," said Fatyela.

The man was due to appear in the Bityi Periodical Court on Thursday.

- SAPA

http://www.news24.com/Content/SouthAfrica/News/1059/ae80d755e6064d478a7e05e558ea859d/26-08-2009-11-03/Man_arrested_for_burning_feet

[Ray Moscow]

I suppose most ailments would seem lessened (at first) by severe burning of the feet (or drilling holes in their heads, or bloodletting).

Geez, poor ignorant people.

[Matty]

am i wrong to have just lolloed at the burn feet story.

"Lots of people come here and pay to be healed, the man burns their feet and tells them they will be healed after.

"All the people found by the police cannot walk. The situation is bad," he said.

pseudoscience in a nutshell in those two sentences. heh.

[Goldie]

Always interesting to read about a different culture's woo.

Funny how there are so many differing types of woo / religion in the world, but everyone thinks theirs is THE ONE.

I feel sorry for the people with burned feet. How painful. (makes me shudder) They were probably suffering quite a bit already to risk burned feet in hopes of a cure. Now they have just added insult to injury.
I am glad the man is in jail.

[Matty]

at least you are likely to survive burnt feet. The dude who had his gangrenous nail wound treated with honey for 2 months before he died of sepsis is the unfortunate logical conclusion of this nonsensical practice of letting non doctors practice medicine.

[Faerie]

Aw-gawd, just chocked on my coffee....


Traditional healers, cops clash

August 27 2009 at 01:31PM

Police used pepper spray on traditional healers when they stormed the health department offices in Pretoria on Thursday in an attempt to force the director general to accept their memorandum.

They pushed at police officers standing in front of the office door as they tried to get into the building.

Police used pepper spray on them and the group backed off.

Traditional healers had marched to the ministry of health to protest against discrimination.

They wanted the department to consult them on major health decisions for the country. - Sapa


http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20090827130239287C721834

[Ray Moscow]

Luckily for them they had some traditional, anti-pepperspray remedies on hand.

[munnki]

I wonder if the Tokoloshe are an equivalent to the Leprechauns or 'Little People'. I hate those mischevious little bastards and have implemented fairy ring technology to ward them off.
Thanks for the number though... who knows when it might come in handy.

[Faerie]

I wonder if the Tokoloshe are an equivalent to the Leprechauns or 'Little People'. I hate those mischevious little bastards and have implemented fairy ring technology to ward them off.
Thanks for the number though... who knows when it might come in handy.

Leprechauns has nothing on the Tokoloshi, and he's not mischievious, he's downright evil.

Ever seen a donkey's penis? Well this dude's bigger than that, and he carries it like a scarf around his neck. Walk into any rural home and you'll find their beds on bricks and paint tins, the Tokoloshi is a rather short guy!

[Valheru]

They wanted the department to consult them on major health decisions for the country. - Sapa


http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=nw20090827130239287C721834[/QUOTE]

That's it.

We're fucked.

[Faerie]

Healer must temper his ad claims
September 08 2009 at 10:26AM
By Thando Skade

A herbal healer - who claims to have the power to enlarge penises, recover stolen property and avenge enemies using a mirror - thinks a complaint laid against his advertising pamphlet is "a joke".

Dr Abdullah Kiwa yesterday laughed off an Advertising Standards Authority of SA (ASA) ruling that ordered he immediately withdraw the claims which the ASA found to be misleading as the claims had yet to be proven true.

"It's a joke," he said.

'I advertise what I want to advertise'
Consumer complainant M Reinhard said Kiwa's pamphlets were "duping" people into purchasing outrageous services that couldn't possibly be delivered.

Services on offer included getting rich quickly, ensuring a promotion, tracing the location of people who have hurt you and eliminating in-family fighting.

When probed further about his services, Kiwa became cagey and aggressive before hanging up the phone.

"Don't call me again, okay," he said.

The ruling, was made in Kiwa's absence on Thursday after he failed to respond to the complaint and ASA officials were unable to track him down.

Kiwa - in one of his pamphlets - describes himself as a man with "inherited powers and blessings" who can help people overcome financial challenges within five days.

It also claims he operates from Langenhoven Street in Montgomery Park.

"All reasonable attempts were made by the ASA Directorate to elicit a response from the advertiser, but the advertiser failed to respond," read the ruling.

The ASA found Kiwa's advert to have fallen foul of provisions of the code which requires that advertisers contain "independent verification from a credible expert to substantiate all objectively verifiable claim".

"A hypothetical reasonable person would, on seeing the pamphlet, expect the respondent to be able to provide the promised services and would therefore be misled, as this has not been proven to be true."

Kiwa was ordered to immediately withdraw the claims and that he may not use the pamphlet again in its current format in future.

"I don't care (what they say).

"I advertise what I want to advertise," he said.


http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3015&art_id=vn20090908041804611C341733