Hindu witch doctors in Auckland fool the public

So-called Hindu witch doctors have advertised in local Indian media about their services and this has led to a complaint being filed with Advertising Standards Authority because of an uproar among the Indian community. The complaint had been lodged by Thakur Ranjit Singh on behalf of Indian Media Watch New Zealand.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 27 August 2015.

Community leaders in Auckland had held a meeting where they called for an investigation into how the witch doctors have been able to live and work in New Zealand. The local Indian media also came in for criticism for advertising their services.
Apparently, these so-called witch doctors, healers and astrologers in South Auckland have charged thousands of dollars in return for promised financial fortunes and love-life successes that do not materialize. They exploit the religious sentiments of people and mint their millions because their claims are hollow – but, some people live on hope and believe that these can become true. And, the so-called witch doctors live on them like parasites.
These ads have appeared in the Indian Newslink, Manukau Courier and Apna TV.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)


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Tanzania acts against witchdoctors – imposes ban on them in order to protect the albinos

#witchdoctors #tanzania #albinos Tanzania has imposed ban on witchdoctors so as to prevent attacks on albinos – it seems there are over 33,000 such people in Tanzania and, as per reports, seventy of them have been killed in the past three years and, only 10 people have been convicted of murder.
Albino people are those who lack pigment in their skin and they have been targeted by witchdoctors for their body parts because the witchdoctors believe that body parts of albinos bring good luck and wealth.
Home Affairs Minister Mathias Chikawe has indicated that there would be a nationwide operation to "arrest them and take them to court" if they continued to work and the Tanzanian Albinism Society (TAS) has welcomed the ban.
Mr Chikawe has also said that necessary action to locate and prosecute witchdoctors would begin in two weeks' time in the northern areas of Mwanza, Geita, Shinyanga, Simiyu and Tabora because most of the attacks have taken place in these regions.
Incidentally, the ban is a result of the work of a special joint task force between police and the TAS because, the cases against the alleged attackers had, in some previous cases, collapsed due to the loss, mishandling or mislabeling of evidence.