MFULENI resident Snethemba Dlulisa (33) is lucky to be alive.
She said it was thanks to amadlozi who sent her to buy eggs before her shack caught fire.
The fire apparently started under the bed at about 10am on Tuesday, 28 February.
"If I didn't go and buy eggs I could have burnt to death. What I know is that if a fire starts under the bed, it could be vutha. I thank God and my ancestors that I was outside when it started," she said.
She told Daily Sun she had been sleeping when she suddenly felt the need to go outside.
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"It felt urgent that I must leave the house so I decided to go and buy some eggs at a nearby spaza shop. On my way back I saw some smoke coming from my shack,” she said.
Snethemba fainted as residents tried to extinguish the flames, while others assisted her.
Resident Sinovuyo Busakwe (40) said: “We are glad Snethemba was outside when the incident happened.”
The unemployed Snethemba now needs help to replace her burnt furniture.
Sangoma Lonwabo Mqungwana (59) from Mbekweni outside Cape Town said the fire could have been vutha.
"However, vutha can only work if she had offended or fought with someone. A person cannot just send vutha to an innocent person. It will not work. I cannot say exactly what happened to her house, but she needs to consult and find out so that her home could be cleansed if the fire was caused by vutha," he said.
