This body of work looks at the socio-economic impact of fluctuating economic activity in mining towns. The work looks at my home village called Shongoane, in Lephalale. Lephalale is home to the Matimba and Medupi power stations as well as the Grootgeluk coal mine. At the start of construction of the Medupi Power station, many locals secured contract jobs and this was reflected in the town's gentrification as well as growth in economic activity. However, at the end of the plant's construction the town experienced a devastating fall in economic activity which resulted in growing depression, crime and addiction. This trajectory was also prevalent during and after the construction of the Matimba power station between 1987 and 1991. The title Pula Tsa Medupi is a sentence which is derived from an old Sesotho hymn. The song, which says pula tsa Lehlohonolo ha di n aka medupi hohle ele diphororo lenna hle ong hopole, talks about rains that soaks parched lands that bring good luck. It is a plea to God that no one should be spared from their blessings, a sentiment shared by many inhabitants of Lephalale. Who were promised good fortune and luck at the start of the Medupi project but now languish in debt, poverty and depression at its end. This project looks at how different generations from this village seem to be traveling on the same historical path of temporary employment provided by the construction of these two power stations and how the lives of the people who reside in this village have changed some aspects of their lives and how some aspects have stayed the same. Some workers of the Medupi power station came from other parts of South Africa and began romantic relationships with women and subsequently left behind children and abandoned their temporary homes this work revisits the past and present to open up a conversation about migrant labour and how many lives are impacted by it. This work looks at the implications of migration, labour and capitalism using the village of Shongoane as a catalyst.