In yesterday’s Sunday World newspaper, journalist Ngwaka Malatji revealed and confirmed that actress and presenter Boity Thulo is indeed a trained sangoma after she gave in to her calling to become a traditional healer.
Boity was spotted wearing sangoma beads at last weekend’s SAMAs as she walked the red carpet, and according to Sunday World sources, Boity was telling her friends that she had completed her training in order to become a sangoma.
“Yes, I did go thwasa but I’m not going to practise as a sangoma. This is a very sensitive matter that I don’t want to talk about in the media. It’s a personal matter and way too deep to be reduced into a celebrity gossip in the newspaper. It’s a secret. It’s so much deeper,” Boity revealed to Sunday World.
She further revealed to the publication that she can’t and won’t disclose who her gobela (teacher) is, nor under which category she falls.
Just over a month ago, rumours started swirling after Boity donned sacred sangoma attire on Club 808. Cultural experts and groups explained that the outfit she was wearing is usually designed to be worn exclusively by sangoma initiates (or inyangas).
Boity simply responded by saying her outfit was in celebration of Africa Month.