South Africans gave traditional healers the go-ahead to intervene in the Bergview College assault case of the 7-year-old girl from Matatiele, Eastern Cape.

In a sunlit shack on the outskirts of Lesotho's capital Maseru, 34-year-old Lieketseng Lucia Tjatji sits under a black cloth ...

Learn about the natural bark remedy used by African midwives for centuries to reduce pain, relax muscles, and improve ...

THE PROFESSIONAL Association for African Traditional Health Practitioners of South Africa (PAATHPSA) is encouraging traditional healers, herbalists, traditional birth attendants, traditional ...

It was about the effects of African traditional healers in Epilepsy care and treatment. The experience of Epilepsy by traditional healers is profoundly culturally mediated and the meanings ...

"Traditional healers are trusted members of their communities ... producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over 110 African news organizations and our own reporters ...

However, in many African communities, epilepsy is often linked to witchcraft or demonic possession, leading people to seek prayers or traditional healers instead of medical treatment. This stigma ...

A switch of just two weeks from a traditional African diet to a Western diet causes inflammation, reduces the immune response to pathogens, and activates processes associated with lifestyle diseases.

South African researchers are making groundbreaking ... to stall progress.Two indigenous medicines developed by traditional healers are undergoing scientific evaluation, showing potential in ...