Man claims dead granny keeps on phoning him

A man from Mthatha area in South Africa has made strange claims that his late grandmother keeps on phoning him.

Qudalele Mzuku said when he first received a phone call from his dead gogo recently, he thought it was a joke.

But since then he has been having bad luck and he believes it was because he didn't listen to his gogo, who died 15 years ago, when she first phoned him.

The 51-year-old man from Jixini Village, near Mthatha said he believed his ancestors were using modern technology to talk to him.

"The first call was in the early hours of the morning," said Qudalele. "I thought I was dreaming when a gogo with a shaky voice asked me why I wasn't washing her kak-covered blankets. But I didn't know the blanket she was referring to. When I tried to ask, she hung up."

Qudalele said the call was from a private number and after the caller introduced herself as his late gogo Novenkile Mzuku, she hung up.

"I decided to ignore the call but since then, things have been going badly for me. I lost my job as a cattle herder after two cows went missing on my watch," he said. "The gogo has not stopped phoning me either. I tried changing my number and even broke my first sim card, but she still phones me. The smell of kak has also started filling my shack at night for no reason. I don't know what to do. I can't even visit a sangoma because I'm unemployed. Whenever I share my problem with my friends and family, they tell me to take it easy with the booze as it's affecting me mentally."

Sangoma Gogo Nkanyezi, from Gxulu Village said ancestors communicate through dreams and not modern technology.

"This man is most likely being harassed by tokoloshes as they are advanced and can use modern technology," she said.