Before heading home, there was still one stop we wanted to make, one that could bring relief to the
country's drought.
Queen Modjadji
The legend has it that...
Modjadji the Rain Queen has the magic to control rainfall, storms and drought. It is believed that Modjadji
cannot die and when the queen comes to the end of her life, she hands over her reign (or should that be
'rain') to her daughter. She then drinks poison to speed her to the great cumulonimbus in the sky. This
monarch is the only ruling queen position in Southern Africa and has a history of over 400 years.
She has had Kings from all over South Africa visit her, pleading with her to make rain. In the past, she's had
visits from Shaka the King of the Zulus, Moshoeshoe of the Basotho, and she's famously know for letting
Nelson Mandela wait 20 minutes for their meeting.
We set out...
...but we couldn't find a palace, a cloud, or a queen.