Woman falls sick on day 15 every month

FOR the past 11 years, on the 15th of every month Lebo Mogano (39) of Phomolong in Mamelodi East is sick for a week.

During that week she cannot eat or walk. Her whole body aches.

Lebo, who lives with her boyfriend, Willy Thutse, told the Peoplea��s Paper she has no hope.

a�?I think it is better to drink gale phirimi and die. I have been to sangomas, prophets, doctors and churches but I dona��t get better. Instead my situation is getting worse,a�? she said.

a�?I have finished my mothera��s money trying to get help. I cannot work because of my condition.a�?

Lebo trained as a sangoma in 2012, but said she had learned nothing.

a�?I was told that I would get better after training as a sangoma, but nothing has changed.a�?

Willy told the paper he is afraid Lebo will kill herself.

a�?Ia��m losing hope. We have been everywhere, but she does not get help,a�? he said.

a�?She has two daughters who need her and I know many people read Daily Sun and can perhaps help her,a�? Willy said.

Prophet Seiletji Mangena said Lebo had not been cleansed properly after giving birth.

a�?She needs to be cleansed. And she has trained for the wrong thing. She has to be a prophet, not a sangoma. Her ancestors want her to be a prophet,a�? he said.