The Association for Secular Humanism (ASH) has said cases of witchcraft-based violence could be better handled by the police unlike sending back the complainants to resolve them in their respective communities. Read more here.
A SIXTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD man of Serenje has been axed to death by his son and nephew on suspicion that he was practising witchcraft, police in Kabwe have said. Read more here.
Kelly Brook has turned to a voodoo witch doctor in a bid to help her get over cheating ex-boyfriend Danny Cipriani. Read more here.
RAIPUR: Three youths were arrested on Wednesday for killing two middle-aged women accusing them of being tonhi (women who practice witchcraft) at Maluatoli village near Kusmi in Balrampur district in North Chhattisgarh. Read more here.
Polokane – Two men have been jailed for life by the Polokwane High Court for an apparent muti killing, Limpopo police said on Wednesday. Read more here.
Three men have been arraigned before an Ebute Metta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a fourteen year old girl. Read more here.
MARAFA county representative Renson Kambi has asked government to incorporate traditional methods of dealing with witchcraft to save lives of the elderly. Read more here.
Roodepan – Mass hysteria among hundreds of young students participating in the National Rural Youth Service Corps (Narysec) saw them fleeing the 3SAI Army Base and seeking refuge at the Roodepan police station. Read more here.
MOSES LAKE – Police helped solve a custody dispute that revolved around the mother’s boyfriend practicing witchcraft. Read more here.
For hundreds of years Jamaicans have been prevented by law from practising Obeah, a belief system with similarities to Haiti’s Voodoo. Now, campaigners and practitioners believe they have a chance to overturn the law. Read more here.
