Nozibele Mayaba

Sindiswa Fezzie Mbukanto was a small-town girl from Sterkstroom in the Eastern Cape, a place so hidden it’s often eclipsed by the neighbouring towns of Molteno and Dordrecht. Named after the Hex River, which traverses the town, its establishment served as a new missionary post for the Dutch Reformed Church. I believe this is where my family’s religious roots were formed.

It begins with my mother