stopped their passage.
“ You have not received permission to enter this area” they were told.
Prof Kuman produced her authorization from the South African Heritage Resources Agency to prove that she had.
“ But this land belongs to the residents of Umgungundlovu”, said the older brother.“ You need to present yourselves at the Tribal Court House and explain yourselves.”
It was well known that the two self-appointed custodians of the ancient archeological site couldn’ t care less for whatever archeological or paleontological secrets lay hidden there. They were only interested in concentrations of something else that lay buried in the dunes: heavy minerals that had over time become ever more concentrated as coastal winds had carried off the lighter
Perspective: Africa- June 2016 dust.
It was also known that the brothers were in the pay of an Australian venture capitalist from Perth, Mark Caruso, who believed he had found the“ tenth largest deposit of heavy minerals on the planet”.
Another parallel with the book Genesis was about to commence: the loss of innocence, betrayal, and murder. The universal narrative of Cain and Abel.
During their teenage high school years Zamile‘ Madiba’ Qunya and Nkomba were close friends. The two bright boys were popular among their peers from Baleni Senior Secondary School, which is situated above the Mtentu River Gorge and, since they were both members of the extended Royal Family of the amaDiba clan, both were respectfully called‘ Madiba’. To distinguish
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