/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/067A8403.jpg "Kids, early morning on a long road to school in Mulenzhe village. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/067A8444.jpg "The daily water journey in Mulenzhe village. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/067A8392.jpg "The daily water journey in Mulenzhe village. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/067A8599.jpg "Exams are done and spirits are high; now the journey home through village paths starts. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/067A8586.jpg "Getting a lift on the back of a bakkie after exams on the way home. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/067A8606.jpg "Fetching firewood and having to walk a long road back home in Mulenzhe village. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/067A8280.jpg "Fetching firewood and having to walk a long road back home in Mulenzhe village. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/067A8289.jpg "School is out and the village soccer field comes alive in Mulenzhe village. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)")
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/067A8653.jpg "The afternoon bus drop off, back home. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla). DM")
PHOTO ESSAY
In Pictures: Under the Limpopo sun, the rhythms of daily life in Mulenzhe
In Mulenzhe village, children walk to school along unpaved roads; water is collected; firewood gathered. The cadence of the village seems driven both by necessity and community. In this photo essay, Felix Dlangamandla turns his lens to the early morning and late hours, documenting a community in motion throughout the day.
Dawn breaks over Mulenzhe village outside Venda. (Photo: Felix Dlangamandla)