A 'visitation' of ants invades Xhosa 1

The ants are particularly active along the river in Mahalapye East, where their numbers swell when the sun breaks out after it has been raining. People here say they have been subjected to this torture for the past two years.

Staying indoors brings such a measure of relief from the marauding insects that children are increasingly refusing to be sent on errands, not even to the 'semausu' round the corner. "The ants have forced a change in the people's way of life here," says Tefo Makake, who is here visiting. "As you know, children naturally like frolicking outside.