Ethics statement
The Indigenous Healers Organisation in South Africa agreed to its
members being approached for participation in a research project.
Informed consent was obtained from the participants of this study after
the first author explained the purpose of this research and that they
could revoke their consent to participate at any point. This explanation
was in either SePedi or IsiZulu which were languages preferred by the
participants. Ethics approval for this study was obtained from the
North-West University Animal Care, Health and Safety Research Ethics
Committee (Ethics number: NWU-00185-18-S5) and Hasselt University
Social-Societal Ethics Committee (Reference: REC/SMEC/VRAI/189/127). The
research conducted complies with the Nagoya Protocol on Access and
Benefit-sharing (UID: ABSCH-IRCC-ZA-257320-1)