Margaritha Viljoen has returned to pursue her calling. The 31-year-old mlungu from Tshwane’s Capital Park didn’t believe in the ancestors until they appeared to her in a dream, and she is now a sangoma.
On Saturday, September 11th, she graduated from Stinkwater High School in Tshwane. When she first started as a thwasa in July, the Daily Sun covered her story. “I wanted to establish a company selling medication, so I contacted a sangoma, who told me I needed to thwasa,” Margaritha stated at the time.
Mlungu sangoma Margaritha “Nyamuka Kotze” Pretorius (31) received her Sangoma diploma from Stinkwater, Tshwane, on Saturday. She claimed the sangoma told her she had a calling to pursue in order to reclaim her life. Margaritha remarked, “She was giggling during the consultation, stating my ancestors were talking to me.”
She admitted that she initially disregarded the sangoma’s instructions, and that everything began to fall apart as a result. “I lost my business, my marriage fell apart, and I finally realized it was all because I wasn’t listening.”
Margaritha contacted her gobela and requested for assistance with her thwasa.
“It wasn’t simple by any means. On numerous occasions, I wished to return home. There were days when I would wake up crying and ready to give up, but I finally grew stronger, as did my ancestors,” she explained.
“I went to the river and bathed in chicken blood the day I arrived. I went to the woods with my gobela to seek for herbs and returned with plants to prepare medicine. It’s incredible to work with plants and combine them to aid people.”
“Nyamuka Kotze” Pretorius (31) graduated on Saturday with her Gobela Meisie “Nkomoyaselwandle” Ngwenya (65) in Stinkwater, Tshwane. Raymond Morare captured this image.
Margaritha expressed an interest in starting a muthi shop. “They need to come have coffee with me and ask for assistance.” Meisie Gobela Margaritha’s forefathers gave her strength, according to “Nkomoyaselwandle” Ngwenya (65)