What Mandoza meant to us

Friday, September 23, 2016

In 1999, when we became adults and could walk freely in bars to put in coins in the jukebox machines and order Hansa and Crowns for the women, the coolest thing after the Nokia 5110 was a portable radio with a front-loading CD and cassette player. There was Panasonic, LG but Sony was the best.

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.

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What Mandoza meant to us

In 1999, when we became adults and could walk freely in bars to put in coins in the jukebox machines and order Hansa and Crowns for the women, the coolest thing after the Nokia 5110 was a portable radio with a front-loading CD and cassette player. There was Panasonic, LG but Sony was the best.