Intra-guild competition, including kleptoparasitism, can shape a species' ecology, particularly when competitors commonly occur sympatrically. Here, I describe a series of interspecific interactions between a black-backed jackal Canis mesomelas and two honey badgers Mellivora capensis from an observation in Etosha National Park, Namibia. This interaction involved a typical kleptoparasitic "producer-scrounger" relationship, but resulted in a novel observation of one honey badger successfully kleptoparasitising the jackal to reclaim its prey. This observation highlights the complexity of foraging interactions between these two functionally important mesopredators, and complements our current understanding of their foraging ecologies. Keywords: black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas, competition, honey badger, kleptoparasitism, Mellivora capensis, predation, producer-scrounger.