Sangomas are legally recognised in South Africa as "traditional health practitioners", under the Traditional Health Practitioners Act of 2007 (Act.
The South African Law Reform Commission received a submission from the Traditional Healers Organisation requesting the investigation of the constitutionality of the Witchcraft Suppression Act of 1957[REF] and the Mpumalanga Witchcraft Suppression Bill of 2007, the drafting of which was suspended in 2008.