Gogo Skhotheni has taken a significant step in her spiritual journey by getting baptised.
In celebration of her 33rd birthday, the reality TV star and DJ, who shot to fame as a popular sangoma, took to her timeline to share a video of her baptism, speaking of how she had chosen to leave behind her life as a sangoma.
“Today marks the most sacred turning point of my life, and it’s no coincidence that it happens on my birthday. I once walked a path deeply rooted in ancestral calling as a sangoma, seeking truth and healing the only way I knew. But in the quiet cries of my soul, Jesus found me. He called me out of the shadows and into His marvellous light,” she wrote.
Gogo Skhotheni
“I have laid down the bones, the beads, and the burdens, and in return I have received grace, peace and eternal life. Through baptism, I have died to my old self and risen with Christ. This is not only a new chapter, it is a whole new life. I am no longer who I was. On the very day I was born into this world, I have now been born again in spirit. Reborn, redeemed and restored by the blood of Jesus. To Him be all the glory.”
A week after renouncing ubungoma, Gogo Skhotheni fully embraced Christianity.
Gogo Skhotheni, real name Tumi Motsoeneng, shot up trends lists after videos of her “preaching” and leading a congregation in song wearing a white tight-fitting dress at a church went viral.
In the videos she can be heard saying: “Lord, we are asking for forgiveness for our sins. We are praying for our households. Send down your angels.”
An online prayer session set to take place on May 17 has also been shared on social media.
Speaking to the publication, Gogo Skhotheni confirmed she wanted to host prayer sessions, saying despite facing a backlash and criticism from some of her followers she remains committed to her new spiritual path.
“This is real,” she said.
She has been using her sangoma name Gogo Skhotheni as her stage name. She said she was not willing to change it as she had done good business with it.
“I’m not willing to change my stage name because I’ve worked hard for the Skhotheni brand, not only as a sangoma but as an entrepreneur and DJ, so I am not going to change it any time soon. I won’t listen to anyone rushing me to do it.”
The reality TV star faced a backlash from some of her initiates online when she announced she was no longer a sangoma.
“They need help more than I do. I am 10 times ahead with my mental health so it doesn’t break me. It hurts because these are people I’ve taken as my own children, so seeing such hurts me, but that does not stop me being myself. We move on.”
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