I had great, polished plans for what I wanted to write today. I was going to point you in the direction of New York’s reopened Met Museum. Using these pictures (https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/08/29/the-met-americans-biggest-museum-reopens-after-five-months-photos/#6bbcb0725c4a) of it swinging back into operation, I would opine about the power of artwork and the importance of institutions that provide spaces for enrichment and celebrate creativity. It was to be a poetic ode to beauty.

But then I clapped eyes on the eNCA video of tombstone entrepreneur Lebogang Khitsane’s memorial, which took place last weekend, and I thought, who am I kidding — this is what everyone is talking about...

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