In the coming weeks locals in some of South Africa’s remote rural areas, where heavy traffic is almost unknown, will watch bemused as convoys of 4x4s and SUVs with fluttering flags of varying colours rush by on their way to goodness knows where.

In some townships, other convoys will travel more cautiously, frequently stopping to ask for directions through warrens of often-unnamed streets...

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