Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Subject "Afterlife"
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Do many South Africans still believe today in the supernatural, bad magic, witchcraft, witches and evil demons?
(WordPress, 2016)Aims:The aim of the study is to determine if a significant number of South Africans believe in the supernatural. Method: The exploratory and descriptive method was used to research the belief system regarding the supernatural, ... -
Is the Witchcraft Suppression Act (No 3 of 1957) a medieval throwback to the Dark Ages for South Africans? Think again!
(WordPress, 2016)Background: The Witchcraft Suppression Act (Act No 3, 1957) seems to have been totally ignored since 1994 as an old apartheid law by the new political dispensation. The question is: Why is this happening and can the Act ... -
The education and training levels of the South African traditional healer: a present-day perspective
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2016)Background:The traditional healer in Southern Africa received new status as a statutorily recognized health professional with the promulgation of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007). Usually such recognition ... -
The insufficient formulation and vagueness of the definition 'Traditional Health Practitioner' as included in the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (Act No 22, 2007) of South Africa
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2016)Background: The main focus of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007) is the regulation of traditional healing in South Africa. The role player who has to deliver this traditional health service to the public ... -
The present and future roles of Traditional Health Practitioners within the formal healthcare sector of South Africa, as guided by the Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007)
(Australasian Medical Journal, 2016)Background: The promulgation of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007) was seen as the long awaited start-up of the traditional healing profession in South Africa. Act No 22 (2007) was strongly politically ...