“We are from the marine world, we are lying, deceiving and killing spirits. She is a fish and we even made a mark on her forehead. We use her to destroy men of God; when they see this mark they are already into our kingdom. They rise only to fall when they see her, they say she is a great…
Finding herself entangled in a life of religious cults from a very young age; a life that was introduced to her by her parents, Ms Malebogo became committed to one cult in particular. This cult engulfed her life to the extent that everything about her life was centered around it. Like her parents, she also raised her family into the…
For many months Pauline Shamukanani had suffered from a sharp pain in her chest coupled with shortness of breath. Worried and distressed, she consulted a medical doctor who told her that she has a problem in her gastric tract. The doctor also added that some of the veins in her heart had been torn and that her condition could be…
It is joyous for every woman to find out that they are expecting a bundle of joy but for Virginia Letsebe it was different case. As she attended her ante-natal checkups the doctors told her that she had a bleeding cervix. This came as a shock, however they assured her that everything would be well. She gave birth to a…
Constant bloating, stomach cramps, nausea and loss of appetite; the fate which young Alice Phoi battled with all her life. The young lass grew up as a weakling, unable to neither lead a healthy lifestyle nor retain any weight. At times she would even have to miss school due to the constant pain in her belly as well as failure…
One April morning in 2015, Oratile woke up to an invisible yet cumbersome load on her left side. Totally pressed on to the bed, she struggled in futility to get up constantly contending with an excruciating ache that paralyzed her entire body. Lying there in a comatose state she was fortunate to have been found by her cousin who then…
Struck by a piercing pain that thundered through her entire back, Mrs Rebecca Matobong was left shocked, wondering what the cause could be, this was in the year 1992. ‘I must be aging’, she thought to herself, brushing the issue off. To her dismay, years passed and the pain just wouldn’t go away! On paying the medics a visit, Mrs…
Having been born in a family tormented by the scourge of asthma, Thato Lebekwe could not escape the ordeal. From as early as 3 years old, the hospital bed became her second home. She would be admitted time after time due to a number of countless attacks of asthma. What begun as flu soon became a fully blown scourge that…
1998 was a tough year – one that left a mark and gave rise to a can of worms in Ms Maureen’s health, who by the way, is a qualified nurse by profession. It all started with an anonymous formation in her right lung that had been detected through an X-ray. The doctors could not get a fix on what…
17 full years of agony! All Mrs Mathe could ever do was wail at the sudden shocks of pain that struck her back when least expected. Life for her became one long nightmare far too horrible to behold. This all began after giving birth to her first child. Hopping from one hospital to the other and even going to self-accredited…