A fight forces Wame Molefhe to see the distance
between dream and reality.
An argument hots up in the parking lot of a local shopping centre. When one of the combatants shouts, ‘Your mother’s...’ I brace for the last word (bound to be an anatomical reference) and flinch when it is shouted.
‘He insulted your mother?’ ‘Show him his mother.’
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