WHEN a radio presenter posted a photo she had found in a graveyard to social media, the community was in shock.
The picture of an unknown woman was found in the Ficksburg Cemetery, Free State, on Thursday 24 November.
The photo, which was lying next to a church costume, had red and white string tied over it and had been stabbed with needles.
Soon, Mathabo Moahloli came forward to say the woman in the photo was her daughter Mampoetsi (28) from Clocolan.
Speaking to Daily Sun, Mampoetsi said she was furious as the photo had been taken from her Facebook page and printed out.
“I really don’t know who might have done this,” she said.
“I have a marketing diploma from Central University of Technology in Welkom but I can’t find a basic job.
“I have applied for many different jobs without success.”
Mathabo told the SunTeam when she saw the picture of the photo in the graveyard, she was shocked and devastated.
“I can now see that evil people were trying to block my daughter’s life,” she said.
“My daughter has been struggling for many years to find a job.
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“She often has mysterious sicknesses. There has been no progress in her life since university.
“Obviously heartless people were trying to kill her alive.”
Traditional healer Tjhopo Ncala (72) said someone meant Mampoetsi harm.
“Those red and black strings and the church costume were to block any progress,” he said.
“The needles were to make her blind and permanently sick. Her shadow was taken to the graveyard so that no one will accept her, regardless of her qualifications.”
Ncala said Mampoetsi needed to find an experienced traditional healer or sangoma who could send the bad luck back to its owner.
Councillor Thabo Mthimkhulu said people must respect graveyards because they were where the ancestors slept.
“I will meet with the family before the end of the week,” he told the SunTeam.
