Traditional healers from all over the country have marked Reconciliation Day at Vlakplaas by setting the record straight on a lot of misconceptions. They say men with HIV or Aids CANNOT be cured by abusing babies. They've also distanced themselves from witchcraft and the killing of people for body parts. With regard to Vlakplaas itself, the traditional healers have appointed a task team to investigate how the notorious farm can help to heal the country and the continent. Angie Kapelianis compiled this report.

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The apartheid death-squad farm, Vlakplaas, outside Erasmia evokes wide-ranging emotions and memories. From killings and kidnappings to torture and interrogation. But this notorious valley of death and pain is about to be transformed. Some 700 traditional healers are going to camp along the Hennops River bank at Vlakplaas to debate its future and to perform reconciliation rituals. Angie Kapelianis spoke to parliamentarian and poet Wally Serote about the planned transformation of Vlakplaas.

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