Zimbabwe: N'anga Under 'Spell' in Court

24 October 2016

A Hurungwe man got "possessed by spirits" in court last week as a Karoi magistrate heard his criminal insult case. Magistrate Mr Sam Chitumwa had to refer self-styled traditional healer Francis Koga (age not given) for mental examination in terms of the Mental Health Act, after he gave inconsistent answers to the magistrate's questions, moments before he fell into a "spell" in court.

Prison guards had to battle with Koga as he shivered, hissed and groaned soon after telling the magistrate that he knew nothing about the charges he allegedly was facing. Koga claimed that he might have been possessed when the matter occurred since each time he got possessed, he never recalled all that happened later.

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