Kgotso sethuntsa biography sample

South African herbalist (1898–1972)

Khotso Sethuntsa (1898–1972) was an African herbalist who lived in the Eastern Cape town of Lusikisiki. 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.

Little material evidence attests to his supernatural powers, with only oral accounts available to describe his talents. What was widely known amongst native South Africans at the time was that he was a millionaire with 23 wives and had an expansive clientele that included J.G.

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Upbringing

Sethuntsa was born in Ha Ramokakatlela, a remote village in the Maloti Mountains, in Lesotho. He relocated to Kokstad in the 1920s where he built his White House.^[1] Little is known about Sethuntsa's upbringing, but he claimed that his parents worked