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Calls in South Africa to make witchcraft illegal

January 13, 2010 by Andrew 1 Comment

In response to the horrible murder of an 81-woman believed by her neighbour to be a witch, the South African authorities are being urged to ban witchcraft. To be clear; the non-witch murdered the suspect-witch and now papers like The Richmark Sentinel are calling on witchcraft to be made illegal. The claim is that this […]

Transkei witch gunned down

May 9, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

In South Africa, a Transkei woman has been shot dead after she was accused of practising witchcraft.

The murder occurred in Bityi, near Mthatha, and the South African Daily Dispatch reports that the 49-year old woman was shot four times.

Superintendant Mzukisi Fatyela told local press that the shooting happened at about 9:30pm on the Thursday night.

“Two balaclava-clad men entered the house and without saying a word opened fire on the woman, killing her instantly,” said Fatyela.

Hundreds travel to see resurrected taxi driver

April 6, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

In South Africa hundreds of people have travelled to meet and talk to Nkosinathi Ntsente who was shot, died and buried eight years ago.

Ntsente now spends his day re-telling the same story to the crowds who walk great distances to talk to him. “I’m tried of telling the same story, the whole day, every day,” he told the Daily Dispatch.

Ntsente story begins when he saw the gunmen approach in a white minibus and how a man near him and who looked very similar to him was riddled with bullets. It was this badly injured “double” that was taken to St. Barnabus Hospital in Libode.

10 ghost animals in science

December 4, 2008 by Andrew Leave a Comment

In this article we look at ten animals that have the word ‘ghost’ in their name. The world of the paranormal does have its influence on science and biology after all. 1 ) The Ghost Spider The ghost spider (anyphaene californica) is a tiny, translucent arachnid that lives in the southern parts of the United […]

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