This paper analyses Dhlomo's (1980) isiZulu novel titled, Izwi Nesithunzi, distinguishing three types of traditional healers, constructed around three characters: a genuine herbalist, a fame-fixated herbalist and a witch-cum-herbalist in the characters of Mr Nkatha Zuma, Ncibijane Zuma and Shibasa Mfulamfula, respectively. It argues that the behaviour of individual...