Vangethongo kneels beside the man from whom she purchased her ceremonial cow in a small village near Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. She says that her time spent in the Transkei has involved a "swapping of roles" as she makes the transition from living in a Constantia home with a housekeeper to being initiated in the Transkei where she has to learn to "release the ego and find humility towards everyone and everything."