Comments on: Marabastad Home Affairs

By: The Marabastad Experience | Mamelodi Stories

The Marabastad Experience | Mamelodi Stories — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:17:43 +0000

[...] I’ve been spending a good amount of time lately working on a story about the refugees from Zimbabwe living in Mamelodi. I’ve gotten to know a few people really well, and one of them is a man named Vugani and his family. His story will be featured soon, so I won’t go into the details now, but this past week Vugani needed to renew his permit that allows him to be here. Pretty much every six months Zimbabweans (and other refugees from Mozambique and elsewhere) have to go downtown to the Home Affairs office and renew their paperwork that allows them to be here under asylum. It’s an ordeal to say the least that is filled with corruption and frustration that becomes a very demeaning experience. And it’s not inside the office where the problems occur; it’s waiting outside, where people camp out the night before to get in line, where things get hectic. (Check out Will’s post as has more details and he shares his reason to be there as well.) [...]

By: nathan

nathan — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:20:33 +0000

I was thinking the song: “I feel pretty….I feel stunning….” would be better. How did this all work out??

By: Bob T

Bob T — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:12:14 +0000

Some adventures are just not made to be relished later.

By: John A

John A — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:00:15 +0000

Whoa, man…sounds freaky. Next time you go to that madness, I say y’all should break the tension with a musical number from the Sound of Music.

They might look at you funny, but there’s no way another human could harm someone singing “Doe, a deer, a female deer….Ray a drop of Golden Sun….Me, a name I call my self, Far a longer way to runnnn!…”

By: Ranch

Ranch — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:22:42 +0000

You’re a great storyteller, Will! Just how long are we going to have to wait to find out about President, though? Sheesh