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He said it fails to consider the nuances of traditional African beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Traditional Zambian societies and individuals believe in a strong relationship between the human world and the supernatural,&#8221; Moyo said.<\/p>\n<p>The trial also has a heavy dose of political intrigue. Prosecutors allege the two men were hired by a brother of Emmanuel Banda \u2014 a former lawmaker who is now on the run \u2014 to curse President Hakainde Hichilema.<\/p>\n<p>Some have dismissed it as a stunt by Hichilema, who faces an election next year. The president hasn&#8217;t commented on the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Will the court allow witch doctors and other alleged witches to testify as expert witnesses?&#8221; a column in the Lusaka Times newspaper asked with scorn.<\/p>\n<p>But some politicians and other public figures in Zambia have said they believe in witchcraft, seeking out supernatural help to make them stronger or more popular.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Zambia-Witchcraft Trial \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/24\/1aaac900-aaab-40c0-a86b-995cd65fe113\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b3f56d079a11793c20d3473ce65929d7\/ap25055511678308.jpg?v=db3d87ba7bf4d4ff13b65eabcf0d9bea 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/24\/1aaac900-aaab-40c0-a86b-995cd65fe113\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/4974acc899a6590d621b3b918008ccd6\/ap25055511678308.jpg?v=db3d87ba7bf4d4ff13b65eabcf0d9bea 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema speaks during the Lobito Corridor Trans-Africa Summit at the Carrinho food processing factory near Lobito, Angola, on Dec. 4, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ben Curtis \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hichilema himself was accused of using witchcraft as an opposition leader by the late President Michael Sata, who asserted that the magic from his home region was stronger. Hichilema didn&#8217;t respond to that accusation more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n<h2>A bottled chameleon, white powder and red cloth<\/h2>\n<p>Police say the men in the current case were arrested in a hotel room in the capital, Lusaka, in December after a cleaner reported hearing strange noises. They were found in possession of a bottled chameleon and other items including a mysterious white powder, a red cloth and an unidentified animal&#8217;s tail. The men also face charges of cruelty to animals.<\/p>\n<p>Police said one man confessed they had been hired for a curse to kill Hichilema. He testified in court they were promised more than $1 million.<\/p>\n<p>The case has captured attention because many Zambians take witchcraft seriously, said Enoch Ngoma, a journalist for more than 30 years who has covered many such trials.<\/p>\n<p>Zambia&#8217;s judiciary had said it would allow this trial to be broadcast live on television, which would have been just the second time that&#8217;s happened for a trial. But it reversed the decision, citing &#8220;stakeholders.&#8221; Zambia&#8217;s influential Council of Churches had said it was opposed to a live broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>When the trial opened last week, the courtroom was packed.<\/p>\n<p>Many traditional beliefs have survived in Zambia alongside its official Christian religion. A study by the Zambia Law Development Commission, which has a mandate to reform laws, found that 79% of Zambians believed in the existence of witchcraft as of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The study was conducted because the Witchcraft Act has been questioned.<\/p>\n<p>It was passed in 1914 when Zambia was part of the British &#8220;sphere of influence.&#8221; The act defines practicing witchcraft as pretending to exercise any kind of supernatural power, witchcraft, sorcery or enchantment calculated to cause fear, annoyance or injury.<\/p>\n<p>Witchcraft cases have been difficult to prosecute in Zambia, with evidence tricky to collect. The cases are normally heard in traditional courts, and this is a rare one to reach the magistrates court in Lusaka. The penalty for practicing witchcraft is a fine or up to two years in jail, with the possibility of hard labor.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;It is so difficult to prove witchcraft&#8221; \u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, protecting against witchcraft can be good business.<\/p>\n<p>Rodwell Vongo, who goes by the name Dr. Vongo, is a traditional healer and president of the Zambian Traditional Healers Association. He said he would be referred to as a witch doctor under the law but calls that term derogatory.<\/p>\n<p>He lives in a plush suburb of Lusaka and said he has a long list of middle-class clients, rejecting the presumption that such beliefs are only held by rural folk.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of his customers are women who seek charms and spells for happy marriages, he said, but many others come looking for protection against witchcraft.<\/p>\n<p>Wisdom Kaunda, a teacher, said he was closely following the witchcraft trial and believes it can help determine how his country treats the subject in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Personally, I feel people should be punished for planning to cause harm to someone,&#8221; he said, but added: &#8220;It is so difficult to prove witchcraft in the courts of law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Belief in\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/witchcraft-massachusetts-effort-to-clear-names-all-convicted-executed-accused\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">witchcraft<\/a><\/span>\u00a0is also common in some rural communities in neighboring Angola despite strong opposition from the church in the predominantly Catholic former Portuguese colony. 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