KZN floods curse of angry ancestors for Diepsloot killing
South Africans urged to apologise to the family of the late Elvis Nyathi by performing a ritual slaughter to appease the angry ancestors.
An African spirituality activist from Zimbabwe believes the floods in KwaZulu-Natal could be the destructive work of angry ancestral spirits avenging the killing of his countryman in Diepsloot.
Bishop Joshua Maponga III, who is a singer fondly known as ‘Mara-Rah’ in the musical circles, said he was distressed by the Diepsloot incident of ‘fellow Africans killing another African in such a horrific and despicable manner’.
“As Africans, we still haven’t recovered from the horrors of colonisation such as divide and rule which paved the way for the carving up of African states and the divisions and animosities that exist today among Africans.
“We need to overcome this and build an Africa for all Africans and do away with these borders that we were bequeathed from our colonial masters and start to understand that we are one [African] nation that speaks many languages,” Maponga said.
He was a guest of Castle Milk Stout at the launch of the second edition of the Ancestors Day celebrations which is sponsored by the beer brand and will be marked on May 8 at a venue still to be announced.
Maponga described the holiday calendars of African states as ‘lily white’ and reflecting the ideals of the colonial masters. “We celebrate Easter, Christmas and many more lily-white holidays that don’t have a bearing on our African culture and it’s time for us now to change that narrative.”
Speaking to Alex News, Maponga, who was part of activists agitating for the ‘Africanisation’ of the South African calendar to include Ancestors Day, urged South Africans to go to the family of the late Elvis Nyathi and apologise by performing a ritual slaughter to appease the angry ancestors following the killing.
“Those are the dictates of our culture and if not done, the perpetrators of an evil deed will remain cursed. The recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal could be part of the curse from the ancestors who are horrified by the senseless killing of the Diepsloot resident,” Maponga said.
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