‘I WOKE up one morning in July with a pounding headache and found that the entire left side of my body felt heavy and numb and could not move.’
Terrified St Catherine’s Grade 9 learner Nontobeko Ntombela shouted for her mother to come help and she was assisted to her mom’s room to ‘sleep it out’ till the next morning.
‘When I woke up the next day my body was back to normal, but the headache was still excruciating.
PHOTO: Richard Springorum
‘When I told my mom I feel better, she told me that I was possessed.’
Nontobeko stayed at home that day with her brother (21) and aunt for more rest.
But by mid-day, while standing at the television, she could feel the left side of her body going numb again.
‘I immediately said: ‘In the name of Jesus, make this go away.’
She managed to utter these words just before collapsing to the floor.
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