In the Molapo bush

Bazezuru worshipers near Mogoditshane
Bazezuru worshipers near Mogoditshane

It is a wintry July morning. The pale sun does nothing to warm the chill in the air as I meet up with my ‘bush guide’, who I only know as Keabetswe.

He advises me to leave all my valuables in the car before we quickly leave the Molapo Crossing car park and head in a westerly direction on foot.

We turn off the main road that leads to Mogoditshane and head into the bush behind the mall. In the far distance we hear voices and the unrelenting wind introduces us to a waft of what can only be described as open ablutions.

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