near inanda, north of durban, is a sacred site called ekuphakameni, the ‘place of spiritual upliftment’. it was named by isaiah shembe, prophet and founder of the shembe church. a major festival is held in mid--january at an equally sacred location, the mountain dubbed nhlangakazi, some 30 kilometres north of ekuphakameni. “our pilgrimage to the mountain is based on the third book of moses,” says a preacher from the area, reverend nxumalo. “it dates back to a revelation shembe experienced in 1916, in which he was told that the lord would speak to him on the holy mountain, nhlangakazi, just as he had spoken to moses on mount sinai.” 36 Benguela/Lobito Hospital Central Hospital Angola Benguela Govt. Other 13.55 -12.35 ama--caps eyenziwe nge--mink angagcina izinga lokushisa elizinzile nelomnandi, elikwazi ukugcina ukushisa. ngisho nama--frost aqinile ebusika, ngeke ushiswe kule cap. umbala woboya uhluka kusuka kumhlophe kuya kumnyama. muva nje, ama--hood we--mink we--sheared asebenze imfashini, iningi loboya liyakunqunywa kuwo, futhi ungqimba oluphansi luhlala phezu kwesikhumba. kuzo zonke lezi zinto, izici zihlala, kodwa inkokhelo ngeke ibe yinkimbinkimbi kangaka.