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Mine employees in Orapa:-

When De Beers started mining diamonds in Orapa they only had the single quarters completed for the labourers. Ma Taxi quickly seized the opportunity and opened a shebeen and a brothel in Letlakane. Ma Taxi’s transport was a regular feature at the mine gates. Here she also concentrated on diamond smuggling. Jock Moncur the chief security officer was aware of this but she was always one step ahead of him. Every time she crossed the border into South Africa she and her transport were thoroughly checked but they could find nothing. However on return to Botswana her bank balance had increased with a considerable amount. They suspected she was using runners to cross illegally into South Africa and they would meet at some prearranged venue. Jock did manage to catch her once but she once again was too smart for him. When he caught her the female police officer had to sit in the centre as there was no ways that Ma Taxi could sit there due to her size. On the way to Letlakane police station she threw her handbag out of the window and on retrieval Jock kept it with him. On opening the handbag at the police station there was the diamonds. She admitted it was her handbag that had fallen out of the truck but insisted Jock had put the diamonds in her handbag when he went to pick it up. The case was dismissed. Jock then got the South Africans to help him catch her. In no time she was caught. The day of her court case she arrived with a witch doctor to defend her. When the black detectives from South Africa heard who was defending her they all suddenly had a loss of memory. She was once again a free woman.

Witchcraft

Witchcraft was still practiced during my stay in Botswana. I lost three of my labourers with their believe in witchcraft. How they knew that the spell was cast on them I don’t know. They would pitch up for work and nothing strange was suspected until they would simply tell you that they were going to die soon due a spell cast upon them. Take for example the last one to die as a result of witchcraft was Abraham. We were on our way to Shashi and everything appeared normal. I stopped at my place to pick some mealies which he asked for. While we were picking the mealies he collapsed and informed me that the witch doctor had got to him. The next day he passed away.

In episode three in my article entitled “Times to remember” I mentioned that I had a set of bones made from Warthog tusks which I received from an African Chief near Kasane. With these bones I had some unbelievable results when using them to look into the future.

Here are a few results:-

Aubrey and Barbara Love of Orapa were expecting a baby. Due to certain circumstances she was advised to see a specialist in Jo’burg. When she returned she asked me to throw the bones to determine the date and time of birth and also the sex. When I gave her my prediction she laughed and said she is now convinced that the bones is just a gimmick as I was out by three months according to her specialist. She soon spread this information around Orapa and I was teased by all I came in contact with. It was another story when in the end I was out by only one hour as the specialist was for some reason way out. They intended giving the boy the nickname of “Bosman” (Afrikaans for Bushman)