muti

CHAIRPERSON: Are you referring to what is normally referred to as muti?

PROF RALUSHAI: Well, strictly speaking the three cases that you have mentioned actually don't fall under witchcraft but fall under ritual murder or muti murder.

I then sent these 10 people to his home. On their arrival there they searched his home and they returned with a home-made firearm as well as some muti which was in a basket. It was at that time that the people present were uneasy about Mr Mbuyisa. I questioned him as to what we should do on ...

... reason, for the fact that that person is residing in the area of IFP will be killed for that, without any action whatsoever. And were also given muti as well to give us bravery so that you always crave to ...

MR MAFU: He admitted having muti in his home and when we arrived in his home he got inside the house to bring the muti but then when he got outside he didn't have muti with him, he had weapons and he started fighting. That's when they started throwing stones upon him.

... which makes those high officers to protect themselves and to protect the government by those medicines because it was ruling, using medicines or ...

MR MALIMA: Because at the time when one's getting the muti from a traditional healer and again working for the community, suppressing us, it was quite unacceptable at the time and as such we needed Venda to go back to South Africa.

MR MWELI: This is what he said, and then he gave me a muti to use so that when I arrive in One Section I'm not, I wasn't going to be scared.

CHAIRPERSON: You cut off their muti, you'll stop the muti going to the politicians therefore the politicians wouldn't be able to govern the country and therefore the country would be ungovernable? In actual fact the witches were running the country.

... of it. Captain Langeni then said we should together with Madlanduna go to Lindelani to a man by the name of Tshabalala, who was known as a, "Muti" man. We remembered that he got acquitted in a case where it was said he killed seven children and Langeni told me about this case and he said ...

MS TANZER: At the meeting prior to the attack, did you drink any kind of muti and incite the residents to go and kill?

"They then told me that we should go and look for Dumisani Malunga who was going to accompany us on this mission, so that we could get some muti to strengthen us, such that perhaps we don't get injured. I then pretended that yes, I was enthusiastic about this mission. I did not want to reveal to ...

MR RICHARD: Now when you saw the body, would you agree that it bore the trademarks of what is called in the popular press, a muti killing?

MR MTSWENI: When we arrived at the mountain, Emma was questioned and what she said was she wasn't in this thing alone. She also said that the muti that she gave them, she wasn't killing them, she wanted them to be made, the muti was just to make them crazy and she also said that she was working ...

He ordered me out of his office, and I met Mr Thurter who was the vice principal. He called him and we went together to the principal. He told him that I had just put medicine or muti inside the envelope.

... Mr Djamile’s house. At Mr Djamile’s house we were asked by him as to how we went. We told him the operation went very well. And then he gave us muti to wash ourselves with and to drink as well and then he told me to go back home. I went home and the next day he sent my father to call me ...

MR SKOSANA: She answered and the comrades said Mahlangu was also supposed to be fetched in order for him to be questioned, because the allegations were that she had got the muti from Mahlangu.

MR D L PHASHA: To be honest even today I cannot say why he was killed, I really do not know, but what I hear from other people is that he was killed because he was one of the people who was used, or rather his parts were used, were taken to be used for muti purposes.

MR MOKALENG: That is correct Chairperson. The reason for me to take part is that witches at that particular time, those who were in government were assisted by witches. They were mixing muti so that they would be able to maintain their political power.

MR NDOU: Just try and make sure that we understand what you are saying. As I understand what you are saying, you are saying that Sharon Mashike was killed for muti purposes, is that correct?