Occult elements like 666 symbols, inverted crosses and traditional witchcraft now infest the crime underworld.

Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa Adam Ashforth Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. 396 pp. Appendixes, references, index. $25.00 (paper), ISBN 0-2260-2974-3.

Primate Babatunde Elijah Ayodele said Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa, will be indicted and may be jailedPrimate ...

In Zambia, two men are on trial for allegedly practicing witchcraft and possessing charms intended to harm President Hakainde ...

Esther Rasesemola’s problems started with a storm that sent rain sweeping across her village and jagged bolts of lightning streaking through the sky. Lightning struck her mother-in-law’… ...

Adam Ashforth went to South Africa to study their transition to democracy. But after living in Soweto for much of the ‘90s, he ended up writing two books on witchcraft in South Africa.

Reminiscent of 17th Century Salem, Mass., a wave of witch hunts is sweeping through parts of rural South Africa. Those targeted, most often women, are subjected to death by burning. Dozens of women… ...

THOHOYANDOU, South Africa – South African school teacher Benedict Daswa, who was bludgeoned to death for resisting witchcraft, was beatified on Sunday, September 13, becoming the first person ...

South Africa's top mineworkers union has accused a rival of using witchcraft to boost recruiting, an allegation taken seriously among the rank and file in a country where traditional spiritual ...

SOUTH AFRICA: Witch. 2 minute read. TIME. February 29, 1932 12:00 AM GMT-5. Like dogs whipped for something they did not understand, 60 kinky-haired Wakamba tribesmen huddled on the floor of the ...

South Africa's top mineworkers union has accused a rival of using witchcraft to boost recruiting, an allegation taken seriously among the rank and file in a country where traditional spiritual ...