H/T to Sharon Hill at Doubtful News for this gem, "What I saw in this story is the ease with which local superstition is utilized as a viable excuse. Why not argue the merits not include some occult possibilities. When such a superstition is widely believed, such as witchcraft in this part of Africa, people seeking to influence opinion will use the powerful fear of it to bolster their argument."
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Mlotshwa demanded that those who carryout circumcision should give back their patients the foreskins.
"There is a case of witchcraft in Zimbabwe," Mlotshwa said.
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"What happens to these foreskins of 100 boys that are put in a basket by this doctor?
"What happens to these foreskins of these children, colleagues?
"Is it not better to give each person his foreskin to dispose the way they see fit?
"This is because putting them together in a basket will invite witchcraft."
She claimed some could be using the foreskins to get charms to enhance their chances of getting married.
"We so much want to get married nowadays and we want to use the young boys' foreskins to mix with whatever we mix with to get more money," Mlotshwa added.
"It is known in Africa that the parts of a body are better in trying to do that.
"Even for grown-up people who are mature, why do you leave your foreskins to be mixed with whoever's foreskin in the basket there, when a doctor can be bought to put all those foreskins together and go and sell them?
"Who is there to see that these foreskins are disposed of property?"
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