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It was on a cold morning during winter when Gogo Mokoena saw a boy coming to his hut running and yelling ‘’GOGO MOKOENA MORENA DITHEKO O ITSE KETLE HO O BITSA HONA LE BOTHATA KGOTLA ’’ as he was approaching Gogo Mokoena .’’HAE MOSIMA, O KA TLA O RASITSE TJE EKARE O BUA LE THAKA NTATAO! BA MPATLA ENG? ’’ Gogo Mokoena asked Pitso, Pitso was the first born of King Ditheko. Gogo Mokoena was the only traditional healer trusted by the royal family. She was called whenever there was anything strange at the royal house or during any kind of medical emergency. ‘’Empa Gogo ke… ’’ Pitso tried to explain but Gogo yelled at him before he could even finish his sentence ‘’EMPA YA MASEPA?... FETA RE TSAMAYE O TLOHELE HO HLWEPHETSAKA MAMINA PELAKA WA NNYONTSHA’’. Pitso just kept quiet because he knew it was rude to talk back to elders and he could easily get a hiding for it. He just used the back of his hand to wipe his nose and waited for Gogo to quickly go into the hut to get her bones and other necessities and they took to the road. Gogo was the name everyone used when addressing Gogo Mokoena. Her hut was not so far from the royal house so they quickly walked to the house. They walked silently on the way to the royal house, Pitso couldn’t risk uttering even a single word on the way because he knew how grumpy Gogo is.
‘’Morena ekaba ke eng e kanakana e entseng o mpitse ka lepotlapotla le lekana, ekaba tsohle di lokile?’’Gogo said to the King who was walking towards her.”MaDitheko o qakehile ka tlung ekare ese ele nako ya hae yah ho pepa, ke kopa o kene ka pele o kgone ho mo thusa” the King said to Gogo. “YHOOOOO YHOOOOO TUSANG’’ the Queen was screaming uncontrollably in the house as she was in severe pain. She was experiencing unusual pains, she didn’t experience such pains with her first born Pitso. Gogo and the Queens servants worked together to help put the Queen through labour. Gogo gave the Queen some Crampbark tincture to reduce the pains but that still couldn’t help. “AAOOOOO HO ILE KAE KA BOPHELO?’’ Shouted Gogo making a request to the Gods. ‘’YHOOOOOOOO HEE SEKE WA NKETSETSA MODUMO O NKOKELETSA MATETETSO” Urged the Queen. “HAE THOLA OSA NTENA HOBANE LE NTHOMELETSE SERATHANA SENA SA LONA SE MAMINA HORE SE YE HAKA SE NHOELETSE EKARE KE LETEKATSE” Gogo responded angrily.
The Queen didn’t take her insults personally because she knew she didn’t mean all that. She was just a stubborn and grumpy old lady who would always go out of her way to help. She didn’t have any kids of her own but she had the love of a mother for all her patients. ‘’Breaths in… Breathes out… Breaths in… Breaths out” that’s the Queen trying to compose herself avoiding an argument in the condition she’s in.
‘’Hae wena thonga lam
Ndi laolele
Hai wena thonga lami
Ndi laulele
Hai wena thonga lami
Ndi laulele heee thonga lam ndi laulele.’’
Gogo sang as she was blowing into the leather bag containing ancestral bones. ’’Ekaba tsohle di lokile ka ngwana Gogo?’’The queen asked with tears running down her face. ‘’Ha ke o lekola ka mahlo leka tsebo eo ke nang le yona tsohle di lokile, empa ere ke botse bo nkgono le bo ntatemoholo. Gogo replied while throwing the bones. Gogo looked at the bones with her jaws dropped to the ground…
The end

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