Witchcraft power and politics : exploring the occult in the South African Lowveld Introduction: exploring witchcraft power and politics Society cosmology and the making of witchcraft: continuity and change in the history of Green Valley 1864 1995 Witches of the Lowveld and their familiars: conceptions of duality power and desire Witchcraft and whites: further notes on the symbolic constitution of occult power Witches cognates affines and neighbours: the changing distribution of witchcraft accusations A witch has no horn: social tensions in the subjective reality of witchcraft Witch hunting and political legitimacy: chiefs comrades and the elimination of evil 1930 1989 The ANCs dilemma: the symbolic politics of four witch hunts in the 1990s Conclusion: witchcraft and the postcolonial state Appendix A. Fieldwork revisited Appendix B. Public perception map of South Africa Appendix C. The witchcraft suppression act no. 3 of 1957 Appendix D. Details of the alleged witches violently attacked green valley 1971 1985 Appendix E. Details pertaining to the victims of witch hunts organised by the comrades Green Valley 1986 1989 Appendix F. Details of those accused of witchcraft Green Valley the Christmas witch hunts 1990 Appendix G. Details of those accused of witchcraft new lines Arthurs seat October 1993 Appendix H. Details of those accused of witchcraft Rooiboklaagte November 1994 Appendix I. The Witchcraft Control Act as proposed by the commission of inquiry into witchcraft violence and ritual murders in the northern province of the Republic of South Africa