Watch: Sangoma sees six hard months ahead

Sangoma Nonhlanhla Ngwenya calls on the ancestors to tell her what’s in store for 2021. Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency (ANA)

Sangoma Nonhlanhla Ngwenya calls on the ancestors to tell her what’s in store for 2021. Shelley Kjonstad/African News Agency (ANA)

Published Dec 31, 2021

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Umbumbulu-based sangoma Nonhlanhla Ngwenya saw an ANC flag upside down and interpreted this as a sign of much change happening in the government this year.

“There will be lots of shocking and unforeseen changes. More people will be exposed (for wrongdoing) and communities are going to unite and voice their concerns and unhappiness with the current government,” she told the Independent on Saturday.

She said this would happen across racial lines.

Ngwenya also said the government would come up with surprises.

“It will do things we don’t expect it to do.”

She said the ancestors told her the government needed to educate people to dispel the myth of there being a link between 5G and vaccinations against Covid-19.

“People in Africa are often easily influenced by things that don’t mean anything. There will be chaos until the government educates people about vaccines and 5G.”

She also said she received a message that the government needs to “stop shying away from things that matter”.

The first half of the year will be particularly hard, with continued business closures, job losses and deaths because of the pandemic, she warned.

A further message was that the government needs to engage with traditional healers about including herbal remedies to tackle Covid-19 – not that they will kill the virus, but that they could soften the blow of its impact.

“The government must give sangomas a chance.”

Ngwenya said the ancestors also told her there would be storms and floods.

“Some people will lose their lives and infrastructure will be damaged. Things will get better after June or July.”

Some people will be happy because now they will spend more time with close friends and family and realise the true meaning of life, she said.

“But generally people will not be happy.”

The Independent on Saturday

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