I love Sow Thefrica

Our friend Renée works for Ons Plek, a shelter for female street children. During the recent blackouts the Ons Plek shelter was plunged into darkness – a scary situation for the only residential house in the middle of the city. Recognising their vulnerability, Renée phoned the City to find out if the blackout was widespread. The operator informed her that people were stealing electricity and so Renée should expect even more “black powers”.

Wind in Betties Bay is a serious problem. The roof of Leopard’s Rest has suffered severe damage over the last few years and Mum called in a structural engineer to assess the damage. As the conversation drifted the elderly engineer waxed lyrical about the state of engineering in the country. We learned that NASA has no black engineers because black people don’t understand straight lines… “I mean, have you ever seen a square hut in the Transkei?”

Yvette had to organise an event for her work recently. The sound was organised by one of her staff who contracted a “DJ Tools” to do music and sound at the event. An hour before the event, DJ Tools hadn’t pitched and Yvette called his cell but it was off. So she called his home and his wife answered: “He’s on his way. He had a problem with the car. The radiator water run away. But he has borrowed the neighbours vehicle.” As she hung up, she saw DJ Tools coming down the road, his sound equipment piled high on a shopping trolley.