FRED KHUMALO: Oh how things have changed
War stories are usually told under a tree, around a fire or by the poolside. Thanks to Covid-19, our lives won’t be the same again
11 June 2020 - 05:00
"You guys are just the same as those nyaope and whoonga kids!" That was my wife’s comment after she eavesdropped on a conversation with a mutual friend who was telling me how he’d bought bootleg gin from an "underground supplier" at a heart-stopping R600 for a bottle that usually costs around R130.
This was two weeks ago, before the relaxation of lockdown conditions to allow the sale of alcohol again...
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