Khotso Sethuntsa

By the mid-twentieth century, he was perceived to be a powerful man whose wealth was amassed through his relationship with Water Spirits, living with his own personal serpentine Mermaid in Xhosa as uMam’Mlambo & a River Serpent/Dragon.

[2] He claimed to have discovered Paul Kruger's lost treasure chest rumoured to be worth millions, a substantial contributor to his wealthy lifestyle.

[2] Ukuthwala in southern African traditional beliefs is often associated with the act compromising your soul and/or human relationships in order to gain wealth.

[4]: 174, 175  Sethuntsa was also famous for purchasing luxury Cadillacs with a suitcase full of cash every year at the Kokstad Agricultural Show.

The counter narrative was that Sethuntsa enjoyed close ties with Verwoerd and the Nationalist Party because he was the Broederbond's intelligence agent within the Tranksei region.

[4]: 177  Sethuntsa was forcibly removed from his palace in Kokstad due to the Bantu-Self Government Act under new apartheid legislation that came into effect in 1957.

[6] Word of his special gifts reached as far as the United States, with African-Americans writing to him in search of charms and medicines that may assist in alleviating their health problems.... Sethuntsa died in Durban at the age of 74 due to heart failure.