A prominent Limpopo traditional health practitioner, Dr Sylvester Hlati, says traditional healers should change and live in modern times. Dr Hlati has travelled to Germany, Switzerland, Holland and America where his traditional medicines are un-dergoing laboratory tests. He is widely known for his soft heart in assisting the poor financially. Last year, he held a Christmas party for over 600 poor children in the Malamulele area. He is fuming over traditional healers who use body parts to cure people. “Those who murder people for muti purposes are not real traditional healers. Traditional doctors use herbs to cure illness and they are forbidden to kill other human beings. The ethics of our practice is based on humanity and God brought us to save lives on this earth, not to kill.” Hlati says it is also surprising to learn that some of the traditional healers who are alleged to have committed ritual murder are roaming the streets. “These people belong in jail because they are denting our wonderful profession. We will never allow them to go on with their cruel deeds because our profession ends up losing at the end of the day. A real traditional healer will never hurt even a fly because his practice is based on love and humanity …” In conclusion, Dr Hlati said traditional healers should refrain from dressing in a way that will scare clients. “We have to move away from the old dressing code where traditional healers dressed in dirty outfits that scare clients. We need to dress smartly and be clean at all times to create a lovely environment for our clients.”