Great barber's clipper is ego booster

Friday, July 20, 2018

You walk past a shack like shelter in the neighborhood and a young man approaches, “Nyaa wena nka go cut ka P10.00 hela brazen,” he insinuates. You stop and start to wonder whether to take the young man’s offer as an alternative to pricier and longer trips to the salon.

After thoughtful and economic thinking, you decide it’s best you get this done and over with.

“Bloma ha brazen,” says the young man as he offers a chair inside the shelter where there is a battery, power inverter and clippers hanging on the wall. “O di shapa jang brazen?” he asks as he throws that black cloak on you and puts protectors over the collar so it doesn’t get hair on it.

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Great barber's clipper is ego booster

You walk past a shack like shelter in the neighborhood and a young man approaches, “Nyaa wena nka go cut ka P10.00 hela brazen,” he insinuates. You stop and start to wonder whether to take the young man’s offer as an alternative to pricier and longer trips to the salon.

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Selefu

Selefu

Civil Society threatens court action over constitution amendment

Fans urged to fill up stadium

Coaches take jabs ahead of derby

A city divided!

Civil Society threatens Masisi with legal action

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