It's Muti Monday, and every Monday we get in touch with a former player, and they share a memorable muti-story.
In this edition of My Muti Story, we hear from former Moroka Swallows striker Owen Da Gama.
Who and where?
"One day, we had to go into a bath full of water, and there were lots of things in the water and I don't know what things those were.
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"After getting out of the water, you had to pass on the guy who had something that looked like a horse tail [ishoba], and they whipped me on my back. It was so painful. I was itching for about a week after that. All of us got whipped [laughs].
"All this took place in a hotel, it was like 23:00, and the match was on the next day. It was the whole night."
Why were you doing it?
"They just said it was one of the rules of the team and we needed to do that. So, we all had to do it. We got two lashes each, and they said we were gonna win 2-0 [laughs]. We were playing against Bloemfontein Celtic and I was at Swallows."
Who was the muti man?
"It was different people. If we lost, they changed the muti man. He was a very big guy with a big hat on.
"It was frightening just to look at him and he didn't talk much."
What did you have to do?
"You mustn't wash your body, you must go sleep like that. It was very awkward, it was very difficult for me because I was itching."
Did everyone take part?
"Everybody had to take part. We just did it as a team. We must do everything as a team."
What stood out?
"It didn't work for me on the day. We did it because it is part of the culture with a lot of teams in South Africa you know, but I have never seen anything like that overseas, you know.
"But as long as they don't cut you, they don't put anything in your mouth to eat or to drink, just do it.
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"I remember in one incident, a guy gave me two sticks to put in my boots, and at half-time it was still 0-0. And those sticks were hurting me, I was bleeding.
"So, I took those sticks out and I put them behind the toilet, and I scored two goals. Afterwards, I was told that I scored the two goals because of the two sticks."
What was the result?
"Bloemfontein Celtic beat us 2-0. It was the other way around."