Zimbabwe: Witch flies naked 120km in a basket to kill?

31 May, 2009 in Zimbabwe

source: ZimNews
author/source:Afrik.com (France)
published:Fri 29-May-2009

Woman to be kept in custody “just in case she flies back to Murehwa”
She is remanded in court as expert confirms claims
By Alice Chimora

A 21 year old woman stunned a court when she claimed she flew 75 miles in a winnowing basket with two witches on a mission to kill her brother-in-law. Her claims where collaborated by a witchcraft expert who told the court that “witches can travel from Zimbabwe to as far as South Africa during the night and fly back as soon as their mission is accomplished”. In court Regina Sveto, 21 on Friday “hissed like a snake” and “went into a trance” as Sekuru Nelson Jambaya, the vice president of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (Zinatha) testified leaving a packed court room shocked. All the drama took place at Court 18 at the Harare Magistrates Court where it was jammed to the rafters as court officials, magistrates and lawyers all raced there to watch proceedings in the rather unusual case.

Sveto has pleaded guilty to a charge of public indecency after she was found naked outside her brother-in-law’s house in [continue reading]

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