Case file · Haunting
The guardian of Sudwala Caves
The Sudwala Caves in Mpumalanga are named after the induna who guarded them for the Swazi prince Somquba, and his spirit is said to linger there.
1862 CE · -25.37, 30.70 · status: legend
The account
In the early 1860s Somquba used the caves as a fortress in a succession struggle, and King Mswati's regiments tried to smoke his followers out with a fire at the entrance. Later stories also say Paul Kruger's gold was hidden in the caves in 1900, and Boers did store ammunition there.
The sceptical view
The ghost and the gold are local legend; nothing has been found.