Driven By Otse Roots

It is one job that could have interested any organisation burdened with the responsibility of marketing and promoting Botswana's heritage.

But for Philip Mhlanga undertaking the mission of producing a film about the Otse Hill, Lentswe La Baratani, has been like spiritual cleansing. It has been one of those spiritually fulfilling tasks, as if he were shooting it for the ancient gods believed to reside in the feared and mysterious hill that lies on the western side of Otse village.

Mhlanga is a Botswana Defense Force (BDF) soldier raised in Otse. He recently forked out tens of thousands of Pula to produce the documentary promoting the hill, undoubtedly one of the natural wonders of Botswana.

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