JONATHAN JANSEN | Make the circle bigger but safe before it’s too late
This holiday season, put the likes of politics and unnecessary squabbles aside to cherish your fellow humans
08 December 2021 - 19:50
Moving house, I purchased cardboard boxes in a small shop. I was the first customer in line and while waiting for my size 7 boxes to be folded, I struck up an easy conversation with the older white woman behind me. Her flat, southern suburbs, South African English was familiar to the ear. Pleasant convo about everything and nothing, like the spike in the price of petrol or the next round of load-shedding. Nice Sunday morning banter...
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