Women protect their brood

One of the legends has it that a family left the cattle-post of Zaoga one morning on foot, bound for Rakops. The woman was carrying the baby on her back while her husband shouldered a pickaxe on whose handle dangled a calabash of sour milk to be used as provision (mohago) on the way.

It was a cool day, but the temperature rose steadily with every step they took until it was scorchingly hot when the sun was directly over their heads.Along the way, just after Sokwane, perhaps moving towards Menoakwena, the patriarch of the family identified a mogotlho tree shaped like a natural umbrella and decided they should cool their heels before hitting the road again.They sat down to rest. After drinking the sour milk, they chatted about this and that for a while, but in no time, they dozed off. The cool shade, its sour milk and its numbing effect had taken their toll on their tired limbs.