Tonight's show starts with an "ok" looking Andile standing at a Taxi rank, making me wonder if this was meant to set the tone for the episode's stories. Alas, not so!
Andile looking "Ok" at the taxi rankSTORY 1
Boniswa Dube, from Rossettenvile, has written to KK on behalf of her sister, Nobuhle Majola. The crux of the matter is an issue about little Sizwe, who is Nobuhle’ grandson. Sizwe was taken by his father, Mgomezulu, without consent from the Majola family.
Boniswa Dube According to Nobuhle, Sizwe was staying with her as early as 3 weeks after his birth, after Mgomezulu denied paternity, on the basis of the child’s soft hair, and something beeped out by KK. To Nobuhle’s understading of the the matter, her child, Slindile, most likely gave the child to Mgomezulu, as stories told by the police to her do not add up.
Slindile herself says that she had been living with Mgomezulu, and they eventually had a baby together. This baby was then left to live with Slindile’s mother. However, as these relationships go, they soon parted, due to Mgomezulu’s physical abuse. Slindile eventually met someone else, and moved back home. One day while walking down the road, she saw Mgomezulu, who asked to talk to her. They discussed how they still loved each other, and decided to get back together. Slindile then went to fetch clothes (her’s and the baby’s I presume to move in with Mgome, geez but people are hasty). Now this is where the story gets a bit confusing, so bear with me. Slindile went home, and somewhere between this point, and her going back to Mgomezulu, Mgomezulu had the child, and took him to his mother. The exact details here are rather sketchy, but I persist and continue.
Nobuhle and her daughter, Slindile
So now the child is gone, Slindile realised this, tells her mother, and together they go to the police, who order Mgomezulu to bring back the child. But according to Mgomezulu, Slindile dumped the child with him. And so like that, the child is still with its paternal grandmother.
Thus, they head to where the child is, and on arrival, Mgomezulu’s mother says she does not know what they are on about, as she was not there when this child was taken. Nobuhle asks the reasonable question of how she could just accept a child whose origins she does not know. However, Mgomezulu seems to have told her the same story about the child being dumped with her.
Mgomezulu's mother
They argue, and eventually, Mgomezulu’s mother calls her son in Johannesburg, telling him these people should rather have spoken to him first. (hehe, this woman!). Mgomezulu asks to speak to Slindile, however, Nobuhle takes the phone, and they argue because Mgomezulu accuses them of being disrespectful. ( bathing, the nerve!).
Eventually, as this woman is the only one there, it is decided to continue this matter on another day.
STORY 2
Althea Buys from Westbury, whose dad passed away when she was 2 years old. Consequently, she had never met her father’s family. Her mother has also died, and now she takes care of her siblings and her own child. She says she wants to find her father’s family for the sake of her child, whom she wants to know his whole family. She then goes on for a long time about her life.
Althea Buys with her son.
Eventually, they head to Cape Town, with her sister. And ya, KK is moving up, they flew to Cape Town, and in all my years of watching KK, I’ve n ever seen anyone being flown anywhere, they are always driving. Surely they’ve been to Cape Town before? Hai, improvement nonetheless. Three cheers for KK.
They look and look in Caledon, and eventually, find the place, which is her aunt’s house. (Hihi, there was a man on a horse in a very residential area, hai, only in Cape Town.(
She introduces herself, they cry, normal KK drill. She is shown photos of the family, including her father.
Anthea's teary aunt.
They then decided to go and see her grandmother, who lives in Heidelberg. On the way, Althea asks that they stop when they see an isolated house, which she explains she sees as a metaphor of her life. Lonely.
When they get to Heidelberg, it is again emotional, as she meets her grandmother. ( I found it strange that her grandmother didn't really know her name, since she needed clarification as to whether it was Anthea or Althea, but I'll just put it down to old age). We also learn that Heidelberg is a small close knit community, and the news of Althea’s arrival signals the braaing of meat. (Isn’t that the type of neighbourhood we all would like?). In fact, even the local paper people come, because apparently Althea was in some production when she was younger.
All in all, it was really emotional, but a good story.
Photos
Unfortunately, no one I know yet! But I am not losing hope as yet.