The captivating stonehouses of Palapye

Many say they use the slates to fortify their houses against freak floods that batter Palapye almost every year, writes GASEBALWE SERETSE

PALAPYE: If there is something unique about the Lotsane and Khurumela wards of Palapye, it is the many houses that are patched decoratively with shale stones or slates, setting the two wards apart from the rest of the town.

Mmegi set out to get a closer look at these amazing structures and met one elderly Kedibonye Radiakgwa in Lotsane as she and a friend sheltered from the sweltering heat on the veranda of a house in the homestead.

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