Six months. That’s how long it took for a man to meet a Northern Cape woman, propose love to her, move into her home and then allegedly scam her of R2m with the help of a traditional healer he had introduced her to. However, taking the R2m pension money she worked 30 years for as a teacher was not enough for them, Cheryl* said.
She said they also scared her, telling her to sell her house as it is cursed because it was built over a dead body and to sell her car too, or else she will get into an accident with it. While she sold the car and still gave them the money, she drew the line at selling the house after finally realising she was being scammed. During an interview with Sowetan, Cheryl could not stop crying as she relayed how she is now jobless and battling to make ends meet while her former boyfriend moved to Cape Town, where he has an Uber business and a new girlfriend.
I worked for 30 years for that money; I’m still devastated. I’m suffering. She does not know where the traditional healer is but believes she and her ex are busy scamming more people.
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I’m not used to this life, but I’m trying to make ends meet,” the 55-year-old woman said, crying. It all started in June 2022 when she met a Ugandan man who introduced himself as Ronald Ssenyonga. According to Cheryl, it was not love at first sight, as she did not like him.
However, she said she later found herself suddenly being in love with Ssenyonga, who even moved into her house. When they met, Cheryl had health issues, and despite having gone to doctors several times, they could not help her. She said her ear was constantly itching, and that also affected her work.
Ssenyonga, however, took her to a traditional healer, another Ugandan national. Cheryl said the healer told her “an ugly story about snakes crawling inside my body”. “She told me that the case is too heavy for her to handle, and she will have to consult my ancestors.”
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