VUSI "Ngwenyama Insizwa kaManzini" Molekwa used to fear snakes before he was initiated following his calling as a sangoma.
The 31-year-old from Mmakaunyane in the North West said he had some bad and scary dreams, but he never thought he'd encounter a snake in the bushes in his journey of becoming a sangoma.
Vusi said after encountering the snake in 2022, he was instructed by his ancestors to carry it on his shoulders and live with it in an indumba in Mbombela, Mpumalanga.