Indigenous healers divided over cashless payments for services

Indigenous healers divided over cashless payments for services

A patient enters the indumba (consultation rondavel) of an indigenous spiritual healer and instead of the traditional practice of putting down hard cash on a grass mat as part of ukukhanyisa, he makes an electronic payment to the healer through his smartphone. Ukukhanyisa is a sacred process in which, before consultation, a patient puts down an offering, usually cash, on the floor to allow the healer to connect spiritually to the ancestors, aski…