The home of umqombothiYou will always find people at Mama Ndou’s place. They stay there until 9 o’clock in the evening, when Mama Ndou chases them home. And so...
Death in the Eastern CapeOn the 21 st March, a group of people made their way down Maduna Avenue in the township of Langa in Uitenhage. They were on their way to...
A letter to a friend in jailDear Lazzie I do not have enough words to tell you how much I miss you. When I first heard that you were detained by the security police,...
Under the dirty overallsAre you one of those people who laugh at the men who carry coal in the townships? Or do you just turn your back and call them ‘vuilpop’?...
The long walkJoao Balewa Batista lives in Soweto today. But he was not born there. Joao was born in a far—away country called Angola. Why is Joao...
Working without a bossThere is nothing special about Brits — a hot and dusty little town near Pretoria. It is like most other towns in the Transvaal. When you...