Kgosi Keloneilwe speaks

Kgosi Molaakwena Keloneilwe of Goo Kodisa settlement is unsettled by the evil creature that has been tormenting his cousins, who also happen to be his neighbours. “I saw everything and heard everything. I know what happened when it started last year and what is currently happening,” he tells The Midweek Sun. He says that he called his cousins (Bana ba ga rangwane) into his yard and asked them why they were looking comfortable whilst being tormented by the evil creature. He was mostly worried about the children not going to school for a whole year. “They told me they were fighting the creature with their Fire church and I left them alone,” he says. He adds that after the Fire church prayers, the torment stopped for a few weeks. But again, he realised that it only stopped because schools were closed. When schools re-opened, the creature was back at it, and more aggressive, according to the tribal leader. He says it tore their school uniforms into pieces. Several churches such as Eagle Nest and Eloyi were called to assist. He says that he was the one that called Eloyi because it has a reputation for fighting evil creatures. “I took the children in my car to Eloyi. On our way back we just saw half a brick hurled from nowhere at the car. Shockingly, the car was not dented. It continued hurling stones at my car until we arrived at Goo Kodisa. On our way, I heard a strange voice saying ‘Sorry’ five times,” he says. He says the whole week was better as children went back to school in peace. However, things went out of hand when the mothers took the children to a Fire church the following Sunday, according to the chief. “When I released my car for the children to be taken to school, it threw stones at them and the car,” he says, adding that the creature burns the family’s clothing and insults them. “In my 73 years, I know we grew up being told stories about magic and how someone can bewitch you and make you give birth to an egg. This reminds me of such times,” he says. His brother Kgosi Edward Keloneilwe says that the evil creature does not want to see the children eat meat, explaining that it throws their plates in the air.