A 26-YEAR-OLD woman from Nkayi district in Matabeleland
North is reported to have died after ingesting a herbal concoction she had been
prescribed by her father to cure an ailment.
Her father, Mr Joel Moyo (60) reportedly gave Nomathemba
Moyo the concoction, after she complained of severe muscular pains, which she
had been suffering from for over a year.
Matabeleland North provincial police spokesperson Chief
Inspector Siphiwe Makonese confirmed the incident.
“I can confirm that we are investigating a murder case
where a 26-year-old woman died after drinking a traditional concoction which
was given to her by her father sometime last week,” said Insp Makonese.
Insp Makonese urged the public to desist from making
home-made concoctions and giving them out to sick people.
“We are very concerned about the sad sudden passing of an
innocent soul and we urge members of the public to seek medical assistance from
professionals and desist from preparing remedies as one will not know the cause
of the sickness,” she said.
Insp Makonese said the woman was referred to United
Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) for a postmortem.
In a separate incident, a four-year-old girl from Bulawayo
with a hearing impairment died a few months ago, after her mother allegedly fed
her a herbal concoction to help her gain speech.
The father of the girl, Mr Mbuso Ncube, reported his wife
to the police leading to her arrest and that of the traditional healer who
supplied the medicine.
His wife, Mrs Lindiwe Ncube of Mzilikazi suburb allegedly
got the traditional medicine from a woman from Makokoba suburb, Ms Senzeni
Jiyane (59), popularly known as Gogo Majiyane, who specialises in children’s
illnesses. Sunday News
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