12 arrested for burning 'witch' alive

[OrbitalDawn]

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/12-arrested-for-burning-witch-alive-20150728

Twelve people have been arrested after a KwaMashu man was beaten and burnt alive two weeks ago by a mob who had accused him of witchcraft.

Police spokesperson Major Thulani Zwane described the arrests, which took place on Monday, as a “breakthrough”.

He said that in the early hours of July 19, Jabulani Nkunzikayibekwa Nxumalo, 38, was asleep in his shack at the Qhakaza informal settlement when he was hauled from his bed.

“A group of people allegedly stormed into his house and he was pulled outside and severely beaten. They accused him of practicing witchcraft in the area,” Zwane said.

“Tyres were placed around his body and he was set alight. He died on the scene and his car, which was parked nearby, was set alight as well. Following an intensive investigation the suspects, aged between 18 and 30, were arrested."

They were expected to appear in the Ntuzuma magistrate’s court soon.

The Provincial Commissioner of Police in KwaZulu-Natal, Lieutenant General Mmamonnye Ngobeni, strongly condemned the killing and praised police for the speedy arrests.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

 

[lived666]

poor headline...it was a guy, would make him a warlock, not a witch

 

[yebocan]

poor headline...it was a guy, would make him a warlock, not a witch

with an inny our outie, witch remains witch...

 

[Sonic2k]

Can someone tell me, do they, or do they not believe in this crap?
If they don't then why do they have them near my work, dishing out leaflets for herbalism and spells to make your boner bigger

 

[Pitbull]

poor headline...it was a guy, would make him a warlock, not a witch

Huh?

Those are 2 completely different things...

 

[Cray]

Huh?

Those are 2 completely different things...

war·lock

noun: warlock; plural noun: warlocks

a man who practices witchcraft; a sorcerer.

 

[etienne_marais]

Can someone tell me, do they, or do they not believe in this crap?
If they don't then why do they have them near my work, dishing out leaflets for herbalism and spells to make your boner bigger

How dare you imply that there exist something like different cultures, did you not know that we are one big homogenous mass with exactly the same approaches to life ?

 

[Pitbull]

war·lock

noun: warlock; plural noun: warlocks

a man who practices witchcraft; a sorcerer.

You need to read up on mythology

Witches, Sorceresses, Warlocks and Wizards are all different.

 

[STS]

Can someone tell me, do they, or do they not believe in this crap?
If they don't then why do they have them near my work, dishing out leaflets for herbalism and spells to make your boner bigger

"they"?

people have varying levels of belief and superstition. some people may not believe in the tokoloshe but may believe in astrology, others may believe in witchcraft but know give a fig who Zeus is

 

[Kloofvreter]

Christ

 

[Cray]

You need to read up on mythology

Witches, Sorceresses, Warlocks and Wizards are all different.

Depends on your chosen mythology

 

[STS]

How dare you imply that there exist something like different cultures, did you not know that we are one big homogenous mass with exactly the same approaches to life ?

are you denying that white people get on their knees and pray to an invisible tokoloshe?

let's not forget which ethnic groups are famous for burning and stoning witches

 

[Pitbull]

Depends on your chosen mythology

Guess you're technically right

 

[Cray]

Guess you're technically right

Must admit, whenever someone says Warlock all I can think about is that dodgy Julian Sands movie (although to be fair all Julian Sands' movies are pretty dodgy).

 

[etienne_marais]

are you denying that white people get on their knees and pray to an invisible tokoloshe?

Who said anything about skin colour ?

let's not forget which ethnic groups are famous for burning and stoning witches

Xhosas and Zulus amongst others ?

 

[Sherbang]

war·lock

noun: warlock; plural noun: warlocks

a man who practices witchcraft; a sorcerer.

To add to this...

The word witch derives from the Old English nouns wicca /ˈwɪttʃɑː/ "sorcerer, male witch" and wicce /ˈwɪttʃeɪ/ "sorceress, female witch". The word's further origins in Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European are unclear.

The Middle English word wicche did not differentiate between feminine and masculine, however the masculine meaning became less common in Standard English, being replaced by words like "wizard" and "warlock". The modern spelling witch with the medial 't' first appears in the 16th century. In current colloquial English "witch" is almost exclusively applied to women, and the OED has "now only dialectal" for the masculine noun.

The meaning "an adherent of Wicca" (male or female) is due to Gerald Gardner's purported "Witch Cult", and now appears as a separate meaning of the word also in mainstream dictionaries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_(word)

 

[crackersa]

ahh look, mob justice working.....

 

[Ninja'd]

Christ

Nah, they just nailed him to a cross.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Cerridwen on a ****ing Cracker.

A Witch is a Witch and can be male or female across cultures, as I think someone's already pointed out.

Culture - is not, and never has been, Your Friend.