The 31st of August is African Traditional Medicine Day which seeks to shine a light on the holistic discipline of traditional healing which involves the use of indigenous herbalism combined with aspects of African spirituality. In the year 2000, the 50th session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa met in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso where Ministers of Health dopted resolutions recognising the role of traditional medicine in African health systems. We spoke to Acting Director of Traditional Medicine at the Department of Health, Bruce Mbedzi and Phephisile Maseko, National Coordinator at the Traditional Healers Organisation on the practise...