JUSTICE MALALA: Recipes for optimism
A Mother’s Day visit to Vilakazi Street feeds the belly and the heart
15 May 2025 - 05:00
It’s not all bad.
On Mother’s Day I got a call from my friend Fose Segodi. For various reasons, neither of us could be with our mothers. So he suggested lunch. It was already late — 3.30pm. He was desperate for some tripe, and I was craving samp and oxtail stew. He suggested a restaurant on Vilakazi Street in Orlando West, Soweto. That’s where the Mandelas had their home for ages. The other nice Nobel laureate, the great Archbishop Desmond Tutu, was also a resident...
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