Skeem Saam actor Mlungisi Mathe has answered his ancestral calling.
He’s already a practising sangoma but still going through ukuthwasa.
Mlungisi, who played Emkay on Skeem Saam, told Daily Sun the journey was confusing.
“Fortunately, there are things I already knew and understood.
“Although it’s been hectic, lots of things were revealed to me.
“I found out about stuff I didn’t know about myself, stuff I didn’t understand from a young age. I now understand why some things happened,” he said.
It’s the hardest thing ever. I really wouldn’t wish it on anyone else.
“Amadlozi are using you and getting their first chance of life through you.”
Mlungisi said he knew from a young age he was supposed to take this journey.
“I found out I had amadlozi before I was even 15. There were spirits that haunted me, but I didn’t know what was happening.
“It was sometimes dreams and visions at other times;”
He said it took him a while to accept his calling.
It took some time to accept my calling because I didn’t know what was happening. I was confused and had no one to guide me and tell me what was happening.
“The fact that I took time to accept it was a problem. A lot of things got ruined. When you take time to accept a calling, amadlozi think you’re being disrespectful.”
Mlungisi said he’s not just a sangoma but a spiritualist and medium.
“I read books, the Bible and interpret dreams and people’s journeys,” said Mlungisi, who’s Themba on Mzansi Magic’s eHostela.
“This disturbs my work as an artist. If I decline to help, my artistic side comes to a standstill. I need to go back and help that person so I can continue with my work.”
