Kgomotso is mourning her friend who died after sleeping with a married man. “Ladies be careful or just stay away from married men. If you know you are a side chick and your boyfriend is married. Avoid sleeping at his house at all cost. The wives uses muthi in their homes. I’m burying my friend this weekend” she said.
The use of love portions known as muti in the lingua franca of Africa, is said to be high among women than their male counterparts.
Women are said to use muti for varied reasons, but common ones include the desire to simply have a man listen to them and to gain mastery over a man’s thinking pattern so as to manipulate decisions in their favour.
Other women want to be loved or rather to protect the relationship/marriage from potential rivals.
Most Africans believe in muti, Few years ago Johannesburg couple were stuck together during sex, Malawian herbalist King Atima claims that using muti on a partner’s private parts, to prevent infidelity, is common practice and brings in the business.