KZN sangomas drown during initiation ceremony in river | News24

Three sangomas died during an initiation ceremony in KZN on Saturday.The bodies were recovered and handed over to the police.sangomas drowned during a weekend initiation ceremonyMetro police spokesperson Senior Superintendent Parboo Sewpersad reportedly said members of the metro police search and rescue unit, together with the South African Police Service search and rescue team, were called to the scene on Saturday.

A group of about 16 sangomas were busy with an initiation ceremony when three of them – two women and a man – reportedly got into difficulty and drowned. According to Times LIVE, a search was conducted and the bodies of a 65-year-old woman, a 62-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman were recovered and handed over to members of the Folweni police.

"Our members managed to recover the bodies from the river, bring closure to the families of the victims," Sewpersad reportedly said.during a"spiritual ceremony" in a Limpopo river, News24 reported earlier. The incident occurred at the Ngwedi River between Tshilapfene and Makwarani villages after about 12 congregants of a local church from Mashau village in the Vuwani policing precinct gathered at the river for prayer and other spiritual ceremonies.

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