A Night in Vuvu Village
I was tasked to write a descriptive essay on a life-altering moment for a Matric English portfolio task. I opted to do it on my evening in Vuvu, during Race To Rhodes 2019, as I felt it perfectly pertained to the brief. The Freedom Challenge trail gifted me with so many incredible memories and completely humbled my outlook on life. Below is the essay I submitted. Outside The Vuvu Village School A Night in Vuvu Village The Vuvu village is a small rural hamlet near Mount Fletcher in the Eastern Cape, close to the Lesotho border. I am fortunate enough to spend a night in this remote village and it is here where my life changing moment occurs. I am fetched from the school buildings by an old ‘Gogo’ and after greeting, I follow her into the night with my bare feet, across a stoney path at a swift pace. With ease, she opens her gate and leads me past shackled donkeys and undernourished dogs. Upon entering her home we meet her husband, an old ‘Madala’, who proudly introduces his grandchildre...