A MLUNGU traditional healer catches people’s eyes wherever she goes.
When Lynne “Gogo Nomvuka” van Zyl (48) walks in the streets wearing her beads, people shout camagu gogo at her!
Gogo Nomvuka from Muizenberg, Cape Town, told Daily Sun her journey started when she became sick in 2014. She went to the hospital for a simple procedure but things didn’t go to according plan and she ended up being in and out of hospital for two years.
She then dreamt about a gobela in the Eastern Cape and her pain disappeared after she found him.
“The sickness that troubled me for two years disappeared the moment I put intsimbi on my hands.
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“I got healed instantly because I had accepted my calling to be a traditional healer,” she said.
Gogo Nomvuka left her job in advertising, where she had a top position, to follow her calling.
She said she was not a sangoma but an igqirha. She said a sangoma enters into a trance, while a igqirha doesn’t.
She said people were surprised to see a white traditional healer but everyone had ancestors.
“Our ancestors are very important and we have conversations with them. If you are called, you are called and the colour of your skin doesn’t matter,” she said.
Gogo Nomvuka said when she decided to accept her calling, her mother was supportive and her brother, who had gone through the same journey, was there for her.
When the SunTeam visited Gogo Nomvuka, she burnt impepho in her indumba before speaking.
Her indumba was filled with muthi just like any other traditional healer’s.
“I’m a rainbow igqirha because I help people from all areas of life, whether they are black or white. I help because I was called to serve,” she said.
Nomfundo Jara (36) from the Capricorn area of Muizenberg said she was amazed to see Lynne.
“It’s my first time seeing umlungu who is a healer. I’m fascinated by the manner in which she embraces her calling,” she said.
