TV personality and actress Lillian Dube is questioning celebrity sangomas and South Africans who think they have a calling.
LILLIAN DUBE ON WHY THERE’S SO MANY SANGOMAS
Dube revealed in an interview with sangoma and radio personality, Dineo Ranaka that this generation is suffering from depression rather.
“This sangoma thing. It amazes me, it looks like a trend like now. A lot of young people like you [Dineo] right now are accepting their calling [thwasa].”
“But when I look at what’s happening, I’m like no man, these kids are lying, they’re depressed. Unemployment is high, men don’t meet their needs anymore.”
Dube is the second TV personality to call out sangomas after Khanyi Mbau who revealed in 2022 that people have anxiety and not a calling.
“This is the most anxious generation. That’s why we have so many sangomas. Urban sangomas. Anxiety is wild! You will hear drums, I swear!! laugh it off. You aren’t alone, just get magnesium and a bit of sun B12 and have sea moss. That’s the only sea u need.”
“I am not attacking you. Just saving you money. Stop buying cows, chickens and goats. Instead of buying melatonin to help you sleep and to boost your serotonin so your mood is better. Magnesium tabs and lots of B12 you can be your own healer.”
CELEBRITIES WHO ANSWERED THEIR ANCESTRAL CALLING
Shoki Mmola
Veteran actress Shoki Mmola, who played the role of Celia Kunutu in Skeem Saam revealed in 2019 that she’s a practicing sangoma.
The actress was also quick to point out that she doesn’t view herself as a celebrity sangoma and didn’t answer her calling to be part of some fashion trend.
Mondli Makhoba
Former The Wife actor Mondli Makhoba, who played Nkosana Zulu revealed in a 2022 Podcast and Chill interview that things were not working out for him before accepting his calling to become a sangoma.
He adds that he couldn’t study further in his degree overseas because his mind was always in South Africa.
“I’ll have these episodes… like I wasn’t asleep, but my mind would go to a certain zone. And it only makes sense now, I didn’t understand it then.”
Sol asks him: “How does it make sense now; how do you mean?”
Makhoba replies: “It makes sense now because I have a spiritual gift. I have a calling…”
When Macg asks him if he’s a traditional healer, Makhoba reveals that he’s still an apprentice…he’s still in training.
Dineo Ranaka
Radio and TV personality Dineo Ranaka was a sangoma accepted her ancestral calling. She shared an image of herself dressed in a Sepedi traditional attire paired with an ancestral cloth wrapped in an Instagram account.
Boity Thulo
Actress and rapper Boity Thulo announced that she had gone through the process of ukuthwasa. The Ba Kae hitmaker has been vocal about her journey and has gone into depth about it on various TV shows and even her own reality show.
Oratile Maitisa
Actress Oratile Maitisa who portrays the role of Eunice in Skeem Saam announced she’s a sangoma in June 2021. Maitisa took to her Instagram to share videos and pictures of what looks like her graduation day. She gracefully donned her full sangoma regalia and thanked those who have been with her through her traditional healing journey.
SOUTH AFRICANS RESPOND TO VIDEO
@HopeMajoe: “There has always been a high number of sangomas there only difference is that there was no social media to parade it, but fact is it’s always been there.”
@Penelope_Makala: “She’s got a point though. People become sangomas as soon as things go south in their lives. We need to accept whatever life throws at us and take accountability for our actions and decisions. That’s it!”
@thulanireeds: “Gobelas” will take you into thwasa knowing very well that you have no calling. If there’s money to be made, they’ll take you in and “train” you, very sad.”
@Tsigwili: “U mama is right though, all of a sudden, kuya thwaswa, and it has nothing to do with i’calling. Ba depressed nje, unemployment, chronic sickness, single parents, not married, substance abuse, not a homeowner, toxic relationships, peer pressure the list is endless.
@Paul_Mokale: “True it can’t be that there’s sangomas every corner, illegal immigrants had a hand in the rise of this phenomenon.”