Thokolosi terrorishes Lepashe schoolgirls

Residents of the sleepy community of Lepashe are living in constant fear of an evil thokoloshi that continues to haunt a primary school in their small village.

The Voice reported that  remote village, which is located 30 kilometers east of Dukwi, has had its normally quiet, peaceful existence shattered by a powerful shape-shifting spirit that has bought death and despair to Lepashe.

Fed up villagers informed The Voice that the sinister spirit has plagued the community for almost six years now, apparently taking refuge within Lepashe Primary School, turning the school's toilets into its lair.

According to the villagers, mysterious, malicious events have taken place at the school – the most tragic being the death of a schoolgirl in 2011.

The young girl was apparently attending weekend lessons at school when she was attacked by a hairy, dwarf-like creature.

She instantly became sick and later died, allegedly as a result of the encounter.

The previous year,a 6-year-old schoolgirl was struck by an invisible creature whilst visiting the toilets, rendering her traumatised and unable to speak.

She was rushed to the hospital where she eventually regained her powers of speech.

This happened again in 2013, when a female pupil using the toilet was attacked by a mysterious creature and temporarily lost her ability to speak.

Two years later, another student claims to have seen a hairy creature reading an agriculture book while sitting on top of a table.

In November of the same year, a different pupil allegedly saw a huge black snake coiled menacingly upon the same table.

The spooky events have continued unabated this year, starting in February, when lightning struck a tree in the school grounds despite the fact that it was not raining.

Then in March, a female cleaner at the school suffered a broken neck when she was repeatedly slapped by an invisible being whilst cleaning the toilets.

David Simon, a security guard who has worked at the school for the past six years nervously confirmed the incidents, adding that the thokolosi only attacks females.

It is against this bizarre backdrop that desperate villagers are seeking social and spiritual help in order to restore sanity and calm to the school, as Lepashe Village Development Committee secretary,Gosaitse Ditaetso, explains, "We have written letters to Zion Christian Church (ZCC), Eloyi Church of Zion and Rara Spiritual Church seeking help."

Ditaetso claimed that Eloyi have expressed a desire to help but added, "Unfortunately they do not have the transportation to get here.

We have written a letter to the Tutume Sub-District Council seeking transport but they are yet to get back to us. Meanwhile our schoolgirls continue to suffer!"

For his part, the village's Kgosi, Mmoloki Tshabisa appealed to well-wishers across the country for assistance in order to bring the Eloyi exorcists to the village.

"Thokolosi's are known to be sex-crazed creatures. Our worst fear is for it to start sexually abusing women and school girls in the village," lamented the traditional leader, unconsciously casting a nervous glance at his wife.