muti

... were then dispatched to the deceased’s home to search for this firearm. They returned with a home-made firearm and a bag of herbs believed to be muti. Shabane now admitted to having obtained this firearm from Ngubo. Majola further testified that as a result finding these items it was decided ...

... to me is the continuous taking of lives of young children in order to obtain body parts for the use of producing what has been referred to as muti. In a democratic society where we all strive to be civilised, this cannot carry on. Those who seek such assistance and involve themselves in ...

this boy and we searched him. In his hand, he had a piece of paper with the medicine inside and in his pocket, he had some small bottles containing muti. We took him, we said we are going to show him where Buyafuthi was. We took him down Gubeni Street and I was the one who was holding him. I ...

is relevant to state that the inference the Committee drew from the totality of the incident is that it is more than likely that it was a so-called "muti" ...

MR DE KLERK: Is it correct that you were brought up in the traditional Zulu way - that means that you believed in a traditional Zulu values and that you further believed in the culture in a sense of your forefathers and muti and so forth?

... to Nlundi, they were found to be weak. They were asked to go back to Wesselton to kill women, to come back with their private parts to be used as muti. Those people who were in Nlundi were trained there in Nkuza and I believe some of them had to be trained with those that went to Caprivi Strip ...

... (REC), largely co-ordinated by the SAP. Nico Basson, a former Military Intelligence communications expert who had been involved in the covert muti-million anti-SWAPO campaign before the elections in that country, had earlier made public details on a very similar campaign waged against ...

At times I used to disguise as a Sangoma and go to forests pretending that I was looking for some muti or medicine in the forests and I knew that I was going to do my job as a politician. I fought very hard.

MR DLADLA: Thereafter he sprinkled us with muti.

Evidence was given at the trial that the deceased’s heart was cut out, cooked and eaten. This aspect is mentioned because the Committee had to consider whether the killing was what is commonly known as a muti-murder.

... who killed her and I was not told anything. We went to a spot where we meet before patrolling and Ntjebe sprinkled Ntelezi, which is a traditional muti, on us so that we can patrol. It was half past nine, passed nine when we went to comrade Sibulelo's place, then we were guarding the ...

MR STEWART: Mr Dlamini was some traditional type of muti prepared?

They came with muti's for people to, you know some of them call it intelezi, where you have to drink it and get courage for yourself to be able to withstand the war, to sometimes smell blood.

That is the thing that worries me most; that if I have got a boyfriend, when I'm menstruate I must buy the muti called Imbeze so that I do not affect my partner.

... to escape.  They told him that they had come to fetch him so they could go and meet Dumisani Malunga.  The latter was going to get them "muti" (traditional medicine) in order that they could carry out the action without fear.  Khumalo states that for his own safety he decided to ...

MR KUDZINGANA: They were thought to be giving the high officials, the people who were running the Venda Government, they were assisting by giving them muti so that they can be intact in their positions.

The body of Moses was discovered some months later hanging from a tree. Some of the body parts had been removed from the body in a style reminiscent of a muti-killing.

MR GUMBI: The reason for us to set him alight, we had a belief that, we knew that these IFP members, most of them, they believed in muti, we did not want to find ourselves in trouble.

ADV SIGODI: I just want to get some clarity on the position of Edward Mahvunga. Is it your case that Edward was evicted because he himself was a witch, was practising witchcraft? Or is it your case that Edward was evicted because he was making use of muti to sustain his position in the society?

MR MEMANI: And you you did not instruct your lawyers that Nicos’ bussiness was burnt because of some suspected muti murder, did you?