Mhlontlo, son of Prince Matiwane of the amaMpondomise, was said to have inherited the magical powers of his grandfather. He survived the burning of an iphempe, a temporary shelter, when everybody was certain that he had been burnt to death. Much later, Mhlontlo was implicated in the death of Magistrate Hope.
Buy the City Press each Sunday for an extract from the Our Story series. See the link below for the Hope’s War extract which was published on 6 November 2016.