In this edition of My Muti Story, KickOff catches up with former Jomo Cosmos star Innocent Ntsume who shares a memorable muti story from his playing days.
Ntsume reveals how his actions towards a muti man who was from one of the African countries landed him in hot water.
Who and where?
"Since I'm from Jomo Cosmos the University of muti, there's always a story I can tell you about the muti.
"But the story I will never forget is the one where we were fighting relegation at Jomo Cosmos around the 2006/07 Season. Things were so bad the club had to bring in a muti from the Democratic Republic of Congo or Burkina Faso.
"We were losing a lot of games that time, so now we were about to face Black Leopards, after one of our training sessions at Rand Stadium we were surprised to find a West African countryman standing in the middle of a dressing room. He was wearing torn shorts.
"In his hands, this guy was holding two white live chickens. Bra J was not present at training that day. So jokingly I said, here we go again. And there was a huge laughter in the dressing room.
"Without a single word coming out of the strange muti man's mouth, the two chickens just died right there on the spot. Then our French-speaking translator explained to us that the chickens died because of the bad spells that had been cast in our club.
"I burst out with laughter telling my teammates that there was no such thing, and the muti man was so upset with my actions that he decided to leave with doing what he had come for.
"Hey, man it became a big issue and the next thing I received a not-so-friendly phone call from Bra J, reprimanding me for my actions.
"I tried to explain to Bra J that I was laughing at the fact that the muti man was holding the chickens by its legs, upside down, hence they died. That was the last time we saw that particular muti man. He never came back."
Why were you doing it?
"Apparently to remove the bad luck or the curse in our team so that we can be able to survive the relegation."
What did you have to do?
"We were supposed to be bathed in muti and all the other stuff, only if we didn't laugh at the muti man."
Did everyone take part?
"Yes, even our only mlungu in our team Mr Hilton Jordaan, at the beginning that guy used to cry tears when it was time for our muti sessions. But he ended up getting used to it, he just turned into a black person [laughs]."
What stood out?
"My former teammate at Cosmos, the big guy from Senegal, Mamadou Diallo, used to do it openly in front of everyone. He loved muti that one."
What was the result?
"Where is Jomo Cosmos playing today? That's because tactics are what works in football these days, not muti."