What Mandoza meant to us

The Chinese had just arrived and it was before Senyaka and Kamazu ‘Chinesed’ their cheap products with that hit song Fong-Kong. We bought green bootleg cassettes and occasional CDs from those Chinese shops.

The year, 1999 was a glorious one.  We were serving the nation during Tirelo Sechaba and rewarded with a monthly allowance of P420 – we colloquially called it ‘Codesa’.  The year that one of our mates, Mpule Kwelagobe was crowned Miss Universe.