KZN traditional healers urged to get registered
Traditional practitioners in KwaZulu-Natal are being urged to register with the Department of Health if they haven't already.
The call comes amid concern over a disturbing trend involving traditional healers, particularly in the Newcastle area.
Community safety officials say some have allegedly been supplying "muthi" to gang members, who believe it might help them evade arrest.
The department says the practice has been linked to a rise in violent crimes, gang activity, and GBV cases in the region.
Sabelo Shabalala, the chairperson of a traditional health practitioners group, met with the premier at Osizweni Community Hall on Tuesday to discuss health issues.
"Traditional healers must come and be registered under the database of the Department of Health, with other databases of the government."
Premier Thami Ntuli says they need to work together.
" We are hopeful that from here we'll be engaging them from the various areas as we're going to have provincial seminar in the near future, wherein will engage them and will agree on a strategic partnership that will see them playing a constructive role in the development of our society and the preservation of our culture and of the indigenous knowledge."
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