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Examples
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KISS's policies of slashing taxes and taking politics out of the hands of the politicians were lost on this "nyanga" (witchdoctor).
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Kulenyanga sikuyo kaAugust, yinyanga eyasekwa ngu Rulumente njenge nyanga yoomama.
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The manner of these ceremonies will be through a consensus achieved through Ditaola - bones used by sangomas to diagnose people or ascertain information from ancestors, and the principal ngaka or nyanga appointed by the Freedom Park Trust will consult with relevant community authorities to determine who will represent them during this process.
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Kule nyanga yamakhosikazi yomnyaka weshumi sixhamla inkululelo, kumele sikhangele umgama esele siwuhambile singurhulumente we democracy kwinkalo zonke ezichaphazela ubomi babantu kwilizwe lethu.
WOMEN CELEBRATING A DECADE OF FREEDOM ON THE PATH TO TOTAL EMANCIPATION: WOMEN, LAND AND WATER 2004
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Kubenjalo nakumanye amakhaya akwilifu elimnyama kule nyanga yamakhosikazi.
SPEECH BY MS Z KOTA 2004
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The fighting in Bhambayi began over which nyanga (traditional doctor) had rights in the township.
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I added, producing the brilliantly marked handkerchief from my belt and offering it to the nyanga.
Through Veld and Forest An African Story Harry Collingwood 1886
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Two days later, about mid-afternoon, we arrived at Umgungundhlovu (or the Multitude of Houses), and before we reached it the leading features of the landscape began to assume an appearance of familiarity, until finally I beheld with my bodily eyes the entire scene, complete down to the smallest detail, which Mafuta, the Basuto nyanga, had revealed to me in a vision some six months before.
Through Veld and Forest An African Story Harry Collingwood 1886
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I am engaged upon a certain quest; and if Mafuta is as great a nyanga as thou believest him to be, it may be that he can help me.
Through Veld and Forest An African Story Harry Collingwood 1886
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Mafuta is a great nyanga, and perchance he saw a vision of thine approach in his magic smoke.
Through Veld and Forest An African Story Harry Collingwood 1886
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