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A South African man went viral after sharing images of a claimed tokoloshe companion, sparking debate over folklore, AI editing, and belief online.

Acursory academic search of postgraduate studies on the tokoloshe is as disturbing as any random scene from acclaimed film director Darrell Roodt's 2012 TV series Room 9. Judging by the names of the ...

Pretoria - A man who raped eight women in Soshanguve two years ago knew his actions were wrong, but claimed on Wednesday his fear of the "tokoloshe" had driven him to it. Pretoria High Court Judge ...

It causes mysterious illnesses, haunts children’s nightmares, and provides regular fodder for South African tabloid scribes. (Typical headline: “Tokoloshe Made Me A Sex Slave.”) Now the diminutive, ...

Medicine man Sipho Ronald Khumalo, who is charged with killing a three-month-old girl, told the Durban High Court on Thursday that he had special powers to detect tokoloshes and destroy them. When a ...

The Xhosa people of Lisotho and the southern plains of Africa have a legendary beast of which they tell tale. You’ve heard of Sasquatch, Yeti and Chupacabra; now prepare yourself to meet Tokoloshe!

Nairobi — In some South African communities, tokoloshe is believed to be a wicked genie that inhabits a good person who gradually or suddenly turns into an ogre. An ogre is a "giant or monster in ...

Thamsanqa D Malinga is director at Mkabayi Management Consultants; a writer, columnist, and political commentator, as well as author of Blame Me on Apartheid and A Dream Betrayed. I am neither a fan ...

It causes mysterious illnesses, haunts children’s nightmares, and provides regular fodder for South African tabloid scribes. (Typical headline: “Tokoloshe Made Me A Sex Slave.”) Now the diminutive, ...