Our Lady of Benoni
by Zakes Mda business-self-help

Our Lady of Benoni<br> by Zakes Mda business-self-helpOur Lady of Benoni Zakes Mda's satire is a kaleidoscopic display of the extremes to which men (and by implication women) are prepared to go in terms of valuing what is 'virginal'. Mda presents us with the consequences of transgression: that which is seen as polluted and judged to be dangerous to the good health and purity of a group, a society, a culture. Taboos, superstition, customs and moral ethics become the subjects of inquiry and are, at times,

Despite her horrifying experiences

Side chick

served at the BRC which has always had the personal touch of the head chef in charge of the menus and that of his co-chefs: the lovely

history is written

mystic seeker and paper mill worker ― moves into a new apartment with his outwardly self-assured and womanizing friend

I grew bolder

Black Consciousness is also increasingly finding solidarity with similar movements around the world

and the other wants to emigrate to Canada

In a desperate attempt to regain his fortune and secure his daughter’s proper upbringing

In retelling these stories of the Bushmen the author has retained

which often leads to poverty

some of its most virulent antisemites were accorded high office after 1948 when the National Party came to power