NURSE BY DAY, INYANGA BY NIGHT

PIGG’S PEAK – During daytime he is a nurse but when the sun sets, he begins another life – that of being an inyanga.
That is the life of  nurse Mzwandile ‘Gwazumuduka’ Dlamini.

He is based at one of the local government hospitals where he said he practised as a nurse but this had not stopped him from continuing with his calling of being a traditional healer.

Dlamini said it was not easy in the past as he had enrolled as a nurse at one of the local mission hospitals and said they did not condone his double life.
He requested that the government hospital where he was currently employed should not to be mentioned.
“Some people have told me that it was unchristian to be a traditional healer,” he said.

He said at the government hospital, however, he had been welcomed, though not many people were aware that he also doubled as a traditional healer.
However, he did not hide the fact that some people were able to recognise him as a traditional healer.
“I do not mix the two though,” he said.

Dlamini said he was also a qualified midwife but that he had been a traditional healer long before he was a nurse.
When asked why he ventured into nursing when he was already a traditional healer, Dlamini said there were certain things he was not able to assist his clients with as a traditional healer.

He said he was passionate about helping people such that he then pursued a career in nursing.
“When I see that I cannot help them as a traditional healer, I refer them to the hospital,” he said.

He said there were certain ailments that did not require conventional medicine but needed the help of traditional healers.
Dlamini said many mental issues could easily be treated by traditional healers. 
He revealed that during his days off, he spent most of his time treating people who had problems which medicine cannot solve.

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