TRADITIONAL healer warns that a dark cloud is hanging over Mzansi.
This as the country reels from the relentless killing of women.
Traditional healer, Khokhovula Gundabaloyi said this is as a result of the nation turning its back on African spiritual practices and ancestral teachings.
He said the brutal murders of women and children are not just a social crisis in Mzansi but a spiritual one that has been brewing for years.
He told Daily Sun: "We have angered the ancestors. As a people, we have abandoned our traditional ways, disrespected sacred rituals and allowed greed, jealousy and evil forces to roam unchecked. The blood of innocent women now stains the land, and this darkness will continue until we return to our spiritual roots."
The healer believes many communities have lost their spiritual protection because sacred sites have been neglected, ancestral callings ignored, and ancient rituals abandoned.
Gundabaloyi said this has opened the door for evil forces to thrive, using some individuals as vessels to carry out heinous acts.
"There was a time when our mothers, grandmothers and elders would cleanse communities, perform rituals for protection and call upon ancestors to shield the vulnerable. Those practices have been forgotten and now women are being hunted down like animals," he said.
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"This is all about the angry spirits of Africa. People used to consult and warn certain spirits to not invade in the livelihood of people. Bad spirits hovering around are powerful. People are attacked by these spirits not knowing."
He said the spirits are angry against the living.
"They are bringing an omen to show the living that they have to go back to their routes, which includes talking and appeasing the spirits," he said.
Adding his voice to the call for spiritual action, Pastor Andile Khumalo said prayer is equally essential in confronting darkness gripping the country.
"All things are spiritual. What we see happening, the killings, violence and unrest are a reflection of the spiritual battles happening in the unseen world. As churches, we must rise in prayer and call upon God to intervene and cleanse this land. Prayer, combined with action, is what will end this nightmare."
While Pastor Khumalo is rallying churches for collective prayer days to seek divine protection for women and children, he stressed that a church has to be a safe place for communities.
