Witchcraft Suppression Act, 1957

[11] The act also repealed the various witchcraft laws inherited from the colonies from which South Africa was formed.

[13] The Witchcraft Suppression Bill was introduced in Parliament in January 1957 by Charles Robberts Swart, the Minister of Justice.

It was intended to consolidate the existing laws on witchcraft and to increase the penalties applied.

[19] As a consequence of the proposed Mpumalanga Witchcraft Suppression Bill in 2007, both the South African Pagan Rights Alliance (representing Neopagans) and the Traditional Healers Organisation (representing African traditional healers) approached the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) for a review of both the Mpumalanga bill and the 1957 act.

Academic paper providing insight into the history of the Witchcraft Suppression Act and related terminology during colonisation, apartheid and the post-apartheid era.