The Orphan And The Ants Part 13 � The Prophecy

And so it was that Motswasele-a-Lgwale summoned his last letsholo (meeting in the veld attached to a communal hunt) to directly confront the conspirators, insisting that if it was his destiny he was prepared to die.

As the regiments gathered outside of Shokwane on the morning of the hunt, Motswasele was somehow separated from the loyal support of his own Mafiri mophato (regiment). He thus found himself among the thorns of this brother, Segokotlo Malalamitlwa and the Magwa of Moruakgomo. Thus was he surrounded and summarily executed.