Witchcraft, power and politics: exploring the occult in the South African lowveld
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WITCHCRAFT, POWER
AND POLITICS
Exploring the Occult in
the South African Lowveld
ISAK NlEHAUS
WITH ELIAZAAR MOHLALA
AND KALLY SHOKANE
David Philip
CAPE TOWN
Pluto Pp^ Press
LONDON • STERLING, VIRGINIA
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements viii
Notes on Terminology xi
Acronyms xiv
Maps xv
1 Introduction: Exploring Witchcraft, Power and Politics 1
2 Society, Cosmology and the Making of Witchcraft: Continuity
and Change in the History of Green Valley, 1864-1995 16
3 Witches of the Lowveld and their Familiars: Conceptions of
Duality, Power and Desire 45
4 Witchcraft and Whites: Further Notes on the Symbolic
Constitution of Occult Power 63
5 Witches, Cognates, Affines and Neighbours: The Changing
Distribution of Witchcraft Accusations 83
6 'A Witch Has No Horn': Social Tensions in the Subjective
Reality of Witchcraft 113
7 Witch-Hunting and Political Legitimacy: Chiefs, Comrades
and the Elimination of Evil, 1930-1989 130
8 The ANC's Dilemma: The Symbolic Politics of Four
Witch-Hunts in the 1990s 156
9 Conclusion: Witchcraft and the Postcolonial State 183
Appendix A: Fieldwork Revisited 194
Appendix B: Public Perception Map of South Africa 199
Appendix C: The Witchcraft Suppression Act No 3 of 1957 200
Appendix D: Details of the Alleged Witches Violently Attacked,
Green Valley, 1971 -1985 202
Appendix E: Details Pertaining to the Victims of Witch-Hunts
Organised by the Comrades, Green Valley, 1986-1989 203
Appendix F: Details of those Accused of Witchcraft, Green Valley,
The Christmas Witch-Hunts, 1990 204
Appendix G: Details of those Accused of Witchcraft, New Lines,
Arthur's Seat, October 1993 206
Appendix H: Details of those Accused of Witchcraft, Rooiboklaagte,
November 1994 207
vi Witchcraft, Power and Politics
Appendix I: The Witchcraft Control Act as Proposed by the
Commission of Inquiry into Witchcraft Violence and
Ritual Murders in the Northern Province of the
Republic of South Africa 208
Notes 210
References 228
Index 241
LIST OF MAPS
1 South Africa xv
2 Northeastern South Africa, Including former Bantustan Territories xvi
3 Northeastern South Africa xvii
4 The Wider Bushbuckridge Region, Indicating Villages xviii
5 The Wider Bushbuckridge Region xix
6 Green Valley, Including Village Sections xx
LIST OF TABLES
2 1 Green Valley's Churches According to Years Founded and Adult
Membership, August 1992 32
2 2 Diagnosis of the Underlying Causes of Clients' Problems
by Sebongile Ndlovu and Ketebotse Mogale, Green Valley,
February 1992 41
5 1 The Relationship between those Accused of Witchcraft and their
Accuseds), Green Valley, 1960-1995 89
5 2 The Relationship between those Accused of Witchcraft and their
Assumed Victims, Green Valley, 1960-1995 90
5 3 The Relationship between the Assumed Victims of Witchcraft
and their Accuseds), Green Valley, 1960-1995 91
5 4 The Relationship between Plaintiffs and Defendants in Cases
Brought Before the kgoro of the Setlhare Chief and Headmen,
Green Valley, 1991-1995 92
5 5 The Marital Status of Adults in Sampled Households by Gender,
Green Valley, 1991-1992 101
5 6 The Employment Status of Adults in Sampled Households by
Gender and Marital Status, Green Valley, 1991 -1992 101
LIST OF CASE STUDIES
1 1 The Headman's Wife 3
1 2 The Headman's Son 4
Contents vii
3 1 The Sexually Promiscuous Neighbour 54
3 2 The Troublesome Father-in-Law 55
3 3 The Caf6 Owner and the Mamlambo 59
3 4 The Happy Widow 60
5 1 Affines, Inheritance and Witchcraft 99
6 1 Lebo Mnisi: Illness, Marital Strife and Dreams 117
6 2 Sarafina Maatsie: Deviance and the Tenacity of the Witch Label 118
6 3 Sam Makola: Genealogy and Mysterious Deaths 121
6 4 Albert Nziane: Dreams and Self-Confession 123
6 5 Harry Chiloane: Rumours of Resurrection 125
7 1 The Killing of a Poisoner 143
7 2 Assaulting a Witch 144
LIST OF FIGURES
5 1 The Domestic Situation of Asa Mogogodi 99
7 1 The Genealogy of Chief Setlhare's Predecessors 134
8 1 The Domestic Situation of Prudence Maluleke 172 |
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