Humour

To gawk or not to gawk when you're at the urinal next to Mike Tyson

South Africans used to be cool about seeing random celebrities, but that was a long time ago - and it definitely wasn't me

12 July 2020 - 00:00 By and ndumiso ngcobo

I remember a time, not too long ago, when the average South African did not seem to be affected by the presence of celebrity. For the longest time folks in this country seemed either too proud or too sophisticated to mob anyone because they were famous...

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