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Chiefs, sangomas bemoan cultural rot

Traditional chiefs and healers should work tirelessly in reviving cultural decency through application of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS).

Traditional chiefs and healers should work tirelessly in reviving cultural decency through application of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS).

Chief Chiweshe, born Elias Kutadzaushe, said traditional leaders should regularly interact with their subjects to ensure restoration of indigenous cultures.

“As part of bringing sanity to existing cultural abnormalities, Indigenous Knowledge Systems should be continuously rolled out in schools, communities and all public gatherings for sustainable development," Chief Chiweshe said during belated Africa Day celebrations event at Excel Academy in Glendale.

“Alien cultures have been continuously threatening the existence of indigenous local cultures and it is our duty as leaders to defend against such, in our quest to benefit the next generation.”

Glendale-based traditional healer, Sekuru Nyangatayani (born Peter Chingudzi) bemoaned cultural decadence countrywide.

"It is quite embarrassing to note and observe that people have dumped their local traditions and morality has been substituted for alien toxicity,” Nyangatayani said.

"It is our duty to get back to basics of indigenous traditions and that defines us. We should share and engage genuinely on indigenous knowledge systems.

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