A Countdown to Jan Sithole’s Death

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  • Witchcraft
  • is
  • the
  • belief
  • in
  • systems
  • of
  • power
  • derived
  • from
  • unseen
  • forces.
  • For
  • people
  • who
  • believe
  • in
  • supernatural
  • powers,
  • those
  • forces
  • are
  • quite
  • real
  • and
  • are
  • not
  • merely
  • metaphorical
  • allusions
  • to
  • mundane
  • phenomena. Most
  • chiefs
  • and
  • kings
  • derive
  • their
  • power
  • from
  • supernatural
  • sources.
  • To
  • date,
  • states
  • and
  • politicians
  • have
  • used
  • witchcraft
  • powers
  • largely
  • for
  • self-enrichment
  • or
  • empowerment.This
  • is
  • still
  • highly
  • prevalent
  • in
  • the
  • Kingdom
  • of
  • Eswatini
  • and
  • its
  • last
  • Absolute
  • Monarch,
  • where
  • witchcraft
  • is
  • taken
  • seriously
  • and
  • people
  • firmly
  • believe
  • in
  • it.
  • The
  • country
  • has
  • always
  • had
  • a
  • dual
  • system
  • of
  • operation,
  • using
  • modern
  • as
  • well
  • as
  • cultural
  • (witchcraft)
  • methods
  • to
  • deal
  • with
  • prevailing
  • issues.
  • The
  • official
  • motto
  • of
  • the
  • country
  • is
  • “Siyinqaba”,
  • which
  • translates
  • to
  • “we
  • are
  • an
  • enigma”.There
  • is
  • a
  • story
  • of
  • Swati
  • troops
  • who
  • went
  • to
  • assist
  • the
  • British
  • army
  • during
  • the
  • Second
  • World
  • War.
  • In
  • battle
  • they
  • were
  • saved
  • by
  • witchcraft
  • when
  • they
  • vanished
  • into
  • a
  • supernatural
  • mist
  • and
  • therefore
  • evaded
  • their
  • adversaries. Ideally,
  • Swati
  • muti
  • is
  • supposed
  • to
  • be
  • used
  • to
  • curb
  • crime,
  • heal
  • the
  • sick,
  • keep
  • families
  • together
  • and
  • protect
  • the
  • nation
  • against
  • disasters
  • and
  • enemy
  • attacks.
  • Instead,
  • it
  • is
  • being
  • used
  • to
  • oppress
  • citizens. The
  • country’s
  • rulers
  • are
  • safeguarding
  • deep-rooted
  • dark
  • secrets
  • which
  • are
  • the
  • anchor
  • and
  • pillar
  • of
  • the
  • unshaken
  • draconian
  • rule
  • of
  • King
  • Mswati
  • III.
  • These
  • powers
  • are
  • embedded
  • in
  • most
  • of
  • the
  • traditional
  • ceremonies
  • and
  • even
  • overlap
  • with
  • religion.
  • These
  • dark
  • practices
  • are
  • disguised
  • within
  • Christianity
  • to
  • penetrate
  • the
  • populace.
  • Some
  • of
  • the
  • most
  • celebrated
  • pastors
  • are
  • actually
  • prime
  • agents
  • of
  • high-level
  • witchcraft.This
  • book
  • shares
  • the
  • experience
  • of
  • the
  • author
  • through
  • “kutsebulwa”
  • and
  • exposes
  • how
  • people
  • and
  • systems
  • are
  • being
  • manipulated
  • by
  • traditional
  • and
  • religious
  • structures
  • through
  • an
  • unprecedented
  • use
  • of
  • witchcraft.
  • Citizens
  • are
  • turned
  • into
  • living
  • robots,
  • or
  • killed,
  • so
  • that
  • the
  • ruling
  • regime
  • can
  • oppress
  • and
  • abuse
  • those
  • it
  • governs
  • for
  • its
  • own
  • benefit
  • and
  • without
  • being challenged.
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