Jakkals en Wolf

Jakkals en Wolf ("Fox/jackal and Wolf") is the general/generic Afrikaans title for a number of South Africa children's fables, featuring the battle between the sly fox and the slow-witted wolf.

Sometimes the names are inverted to Wolf en Jakkals.

Origins

The characters and the basic interaction between them a familiar feature of South African life through the engaging cartoons created by T.O. Honiball (1905-1990)[1]. Between 1943 and 1978 Honibal would publish his regular "jakkals en Wolf" cartoons in 14 collections.

Another influence in establishing the Jakkals en Wolf tales as a national cultural feature, was the collections of tales published by cultural historian Pieter W. Grobbbelaar ()[]