MARTIN SEEMUNGAL:

A voice from an ancestor is speaking through a sangoma — a traditional faith healer, in South Africa.

It is a widely held belief, especially in the rural areas of this country, that sangomas communicate with the dead to help the living.

Zandile Nkosi is a 41-year-old sangoma who says she's had the gift since she was 10-years-old but started practicing only 7 years ago. She says her ancestors' voices guide her sessions with patients who see her for physical ailments and counseling.

A sangoma's main tool is "throwing the bones" – animal bones, shells and sometimes other articles. The healers and their patients believe how the bones land is influenced by ancestors who "speak" through the bones.