Lerato Makate, Bokamoso
After I attended my first annual Soweto Pride — LGBTI Parade
in Johannesburg, South Africa — it was time to head on home. I ran across a
bumper traffic congested main road, which runs between Mofolo, White City,
Jabulani and Jabavu township locations in a typical Soweto Saturday night. As my cousin gestures a random sign to the taxis, a minibus taxi
stops and I in a snail’s pace climb into the front seat, minding my hip injury.
Inside the taxi it’s a buzz with two toddlers singing their rendition of the
South African national anthem remixed with a nursery rhyme, women sharing their
day’s events especially from the stokvels — social gatherings that bring women
from across any township location together, over music food and drink.
