adminSANGOMAS are usually dressed in ibhayi, a piece of fabric worn with regular clothes or draped over their shoulders.
But sangoma Zamokuhle Mazibuko (38) is usually seen in skirts or dresses and wearing high-heeled shoes a�� and he has no problem wearing panties!
The sangoma from Chesterville, west of Durban, said he started dressing in womena��s clothing in 2013.
a�?I had visions of my late grandmother who showed me which womena��s clothes to buy. I resisted but became so ill that I almost died. When I started buying and wearing the clothes she chose, I became better.
a�?I even have a few panties, but I dress like a man when I work as a security guard,a�? he said. Asked about his love life, he said he had a new girlfriend and was still getting to know her.
a�?I broke up with another woman in 2015. No woman has ever had a problem with the way I dress,a�? he said.
One of Mazibukoa��s neighbours, Xolani Mngoma (34) said: a�?At first I thought he was gay but I have since found out that he is a sangoma.a�?
Cultural expert Professor Jabulani Maphalala didna��t deny that the ancestors sometimes made unusual demands, but said it was very unusual for a male sangoma to dress like a woman. .
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