Chapter 24 - Albert Coming to Alexandra

Sometime later, my mother went to Pietersburg for a funeral. My mother with a few relatives hired a van to transport them to Pietersburg. She came back from the funeral with my cousin Albert. Albert had passed his Standard 6, but due to a lack of funds, he could not further his studies.
His single mother earned a small salary as a domestic worker. He came to Alexandra to look for work. The other reason for his coming to stay with us was that he had become mischievous.

Albert used to live with my grandparents in Pietersburg. He used to steal money from them to buy dagga and tobacco. There was a time when he stole money that my father had given to my grandfather. The money was intended to be used to buy cattle. My grandfather hid the money in the house, but Albert saw where the money was hid. He stole the money to buy tobacco and dagga.

My mother arranged for him to get an identity document (ID). As Albert's father was an Indian, Albert could get an ID instead of a dompas. Mrs Thekiso, my mother's coloured friend, took Albert to the pass office to get him an ID. She had agreed that she would lie to the officials and say that Albert ...


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