The bizarre fissures of Hatsalatladi

The bizarre fissures of Hatsalatladi
The bizarre fissures of Hatsalatladi

A massive thunderbolt recently hit Leobo-la-Kgotla at Hatsalatladi creating cracks on the wall and shuttering light bulbs in a bizarre and ironic occurrence at a village with a name that literally means ‘crack of thunder’ – (le-hatsa-la-tladi).

Many residents believe the thunderbolt that hit the kgotla was “sent as ammunition to eliminate the incumbent” in the raging Bogosi feud – the bolt struck right at the spot where the Kgosi normally sits.

But soon the village noticed more vicious cracks on the ground that are threatening to eliminate the entire Hatsalatladi. The village is now literally tearing apart with some bizarre ground fissures threatening to sink into the ground.

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