So last night I managed to grow the Soul City fan base by another 3 new members! And it took some convincing. Not that I blame them, like I wasn’t a fan before this. In fact when I was convincing my big sister to compromise 30mins of the Grammys which were playing on Mnet, to watch Soul City, she mocked me by singing that old Soul City song, “City, Soul City…oh yelele, ah yelele, aha!”. Lol! But the battle was one and she did tune in. She smsed me after the episode:
Big Sister: Okay. I concede that was not bad at all. Will check it out again next week. O nkgopotse ne?! I’m now watching the Grammys.
Good, I said. That’s the spirit! This season is well made I tell you, pity if you’ve missed the other episodes (but you can read Cande’s blog, she does a detailed recap of each one) becase the stories of all the character is interesting. What’s great is that each episode is themed so as to not clutter the 30mins but rather to tell each story sincerely & honourably!
If you did watch all the espisodes so far like many of us have, you can really appreciate the complexity of what the characters are going through. But Zimele is pure scum, that’s what he is. Although I’m sure, as scripts often go, they’ll soon unfold some sad childhood story that’s going to make us all feel sorry for him.
The third recruit, my 18 Year Old Cousin (who also protested when I told her how our tv schedule was going to go) was discussing with me way after the show was over the yin and yang of life, referring to Lord of the Flies and how it says we all have a bit of evil in us, and just need the right circumstances for it to come out. She said as she started this conversation:
18YOC: “Waitse, (long pause)…Soul City just made me realise that nka bolaya motho (I could kill someone)”.
Hectic right? But an honest realisation perhaps from one who is yet to live life. What would you have done in Lebo’s situation? I mean it’s a huge deal, literally a matter of life and death and it just makes you wonder how you would handle the whole thing. For me that’s one of my worst fears, someone that I have been faithful to bringing me disease when I was home sleeping. Protection, people, protection!
What would you have done if you were Lebo? Be moved to make Ou Zimmy meet his maker sooner than planned? Or been as patient as she was? And if you are a girl, are you afraid of carrying condoms for fear of being called something unflattering?
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