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Oratile Maitisa. Image via

‘Skeem Saam’ sangomas: Actors who answered their ‘ancestral calling’

‘Skeem Saam’ actors are always trending for two things: Secretly getting married and answering their ancestral calling!

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Oratile Maitisa. Image via

Last year, actress Pebetsi Nolo Matlaila, who plays the role of Mokgadi Maputla on the popular SABC soapie, secretly got married and Mlungisi Mathe announced that he was planning on answering his ancestral calling.

This year, actresses Lerato Marabe, who plays the role of Pretty Seakamela, and Nozi Langa, who plays Glenda, announced they secretly tied the knot and Oratile Maitisa just announced that she is a sangoma.

Oratile Maitisa

Actress Oratile Maitisa, who plays the role of Eunice Nkadimeng, surprised her followers when she announced on her Instagram account two weeks ago that she is now a sangoma.

The actress posted several pictures captioned “Love and Light” on her Instagram account of herself surrounded by family members dressed in traditional sangoma regalia

Mlungisi Mathe

Actor Mlungisi Mathe, who plays the role of Emkay, also announced that he answered his “ancestral calling” in 2020. The actor told Daily Sun that he knew from a young age that he was supposed to take this journey and he wouldn’t wish it on anyone else because it’s the hardest thing ever.

Mlungisi stated in the interview: “Amadlozi are using you and getting their first chance of life through you. I found out I had amadlozi before I was even 15. There were spirits that haunted me, but I didn’t know what was happening.”

Mathe is also a spiritualist and a medium.

Shoki Mmola

Veteran actress Shoki Mmola, who plays the role of Celia Kunutu on Skeem Saam, revealed to Move Magazine in a 2019 interview that she’s delighted to be a practising sangoma.

“I’m practising full time and I am qualified to give sick notes. Anyone that comes to me, I am registered as a traditional healer. It was quite an achievement.”   

The actress was also quick to point out that she doesn’t view herself as a celebrity sangoma and didn’t answer her calling to be part of some fashion trend.  

“I thought no one would take me seriously because now it’s becoming a celeb trend. I was born into this. It was given out of love and that I would do right by it.”