My Kgaphamadi Experience

The many times that I have passed through the spaghetted city, I have spoiled myself by having traditional foods like groundnuts and ‘Phane’ and efficient transportation system at the bus rank, giving me reason to always plan my journeys through F-town. I booked a guest house in Blue Town hoping to mingle with the general populace outside official times.

I decided to visit some ward by the name ‘Kgaphamadi’ on my second night. It was around 9pm when I decided to retire for the night and headed towards my car which was parked a few yards from the entertainment halls. Just near my car were two young looking men having some argument. It was so heated that they were about to smash each other’s head using 750ml alcohol bottles. Being a self-certified negotiator, I decided to duly offer my peace-making negotiating skills. Mind you, these boys were threatening to throw their bottles while standing next to my car, so I had every reason to defuse what could have been a non-intentional car breakage.