Commemoration of the African Traditional Medicine Day today coincides with the date, 31 August 2000, on which the ministers of health adopted the relevant resolution at the 50th session of the World Health Organisation Regional Committee for Africa in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Traditional African medicine involves the use of herbal concoctions and traditional rituals to treat a patient. There are two main types of traditional healers in South Africa – the Sangoma and the Inyanga. Sangomas generally, rely on rituals and traditional practices to treat a patient’s ailments while an inyanga uses parts of plants, herbs, and animal parts for therapeutic purposes.. To help us unpack this, we are now joined on the line by
Pretty Lukhele – A Traditional Healer.
Dr Nhlavana Maselo – President of the SA Traditional Healers Association
