11-29-2009, 01:05 PM
I can't remember the name of the program i watched::dontknow::
This is similiar and just as chilling.
Channel 4's foreign affairs strand investigates South Africa's "Muti Murders", but be warned; this is not for the squeamish.
This eye-opening documentary reveals how hundreds of people across the country are being killed for body parts.
Reporter Ramita Navai and producer James Brabazon begin their journey in the Eastern Cape where 18 people have been brutally murdered in a nine month period.
Various body parts have been removed from the victims, leading traditional medicine healers, called Sangomas, to be blamed for their deaths. Though the police have arrested 14 men, locals are convinced the masterminds are still at large.
Few people survive Muti attacks, but Navai finds one woman who has - and it's a horrifying story. Nyelisani recounts how she played dead while her lips were being cut off to save her life after she had watched her boyfriend's mutilation and murder.
Others tell of a boy whose intestines were ripped-out, a pregnant woman whose breasts were cut off, and a boy whose testicles were removed to supply traditional healers with ingredients.
The belief in Muti is so strong that some Sangomas have even killed their own children in the belief it will increase their powers. The team talk to a Sangoma who admits that he has killed three people, and explains the rituals. He says that the victim needs to be alive, and that if they are tortured in the process, their body parts become more powerful.
It's unbelievable that these practices continue, but traditional medicine could be the last hope for those who are desperate to treat illness. One Sangoma, who says he does not use human body parts, tells Navai he treats more than 100 patients a week, half of whom have HIV or Aids.
As Muti murders and mutilations become more and more common place, it seems there's no end in sight. But while the healers promise health and good fortune, this perversion of traditional medicine brings many desperate South Africans only fear and misery.
This is similiar and just as chilling.
Channel 4's foreign affairs strand investigates South Africa's "Muti Murders", but be warned; this is not for the squeamish.
This eye-opening documentary reveals how hundreds of people across the country are being killed for body parts.
Reporter Ramita Navai and producer James Brabazon begin their journey in the Eastern Cape where 18 people have been brutally murdered in a nine month period.
Various body parts have been removed from the victims, leading traditional medicine healers, called Sangomas, to be blamed for their deaths. Though the police have arrested 14 men, locals are convinced the masterminds are still at large.
Few people survive Muti attacks, but Navai finds one woman who has - and it's a horrifying story. Nyelisani recounts how she played dead while her lips were being cut off to save her life after she had watched her boyfriend's mutilation and murder.
Others tell of a boy whose intestines were ripped-out, a pregnant woman whose breasts were cut off, and a boy whose testicles were removed to supply traditional healers with ingredients.
The belief in Muti is so strong that some Sangomas have even killed their own children in the belief it will increase their powers. The team talk to a Sangoma who admits that he has killed three people, and explains the rituals. He says that the victim needs to be alive, and that if they are tortured in the process, their body parts become more powerful.
It's unbelievable that these practices continue, but traditional medicine could be the last hope for those who are desperate to treat illness. One Sangoma, who says he does not use human body parts, tells Navai he treats more than 100 patients a week, half of whom have HIV or Aids.
As Muti murders and mutilations become more and more common place, it seems there's no end in sight. But while the healers promise health and good fortune, this perversion of traditional medicine brings many desperate South Africans only fear and misery.
I would stop eating chocolate.. but I'm not a quitter!
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