Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Frontispiece
- Love, Grime And Johannesburg
- Scene 1 A Public Square
- Scene 2 The Prison Cell
- Scene 3 The Office of the Chief of Police
- Scene 4 The Prison Cell.
- Scene 5 A City Council Boardroom
- Scene 6 The Prison Cell
- Scene 7 Bokkie's Study
- Scene 8 The Prison Cell
- Scene 9 A Melville
- Scene 10 Office of the Chief of Police
- Scene 11 The Open Door
- Scene 12 The Prison Cell
- Scene 13 A Melville Cafe
- Scene 14 A Melville Cafe.
- Scene 15 The Prison Cell
- Scene 16 Office Corridors
- Scene 17 Bokkie's Study
- Scene 18 A Melville Cafe
- Scene 19 The Prison Cell
- Scene 20 The Doorway
- Scene 21 A Melville Cafe
- Scene 22 The Office of the Chief of Police
- Scene 23 A Cheap Bruma Lake Hotel Room
- Scene 24 The Public Square
Scene 13 - A Melville Cafe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 June 2019
- Frontmatter
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Frontispiece
- Love, Grime And Johannesburg
- Scene 1 A Public Square
- Scene 2 The Prison Cell
- Scene 3 The Office of the Chief of Police
- Scene 4 The Prison Cell.
- Scene 5 A City Council Boardroom
- Scene 6 The Prison Cell
- Scene 7 Bokkie's Study
- Scene 8 The Prison Cell
- Scene 9 A Melville
- Scene 10 Office of the Chief of Police
- Scene 11 The Open Door
- Scene 12 The Prison Cell
- Scene 13 A Melville Cafe
- Scene 14 A Melville Cafe.
- Scene 15 The Prison Cell
- Scene 16 Office Corridors
- Scene 17 Bokkie's Study
- Scene 18 A Melville Cafe
- Scene 19 The Prison Cell
- Scene 20 The Doorway
- Scene 21 A Melville Cafe
- Scene 22 The Office of the Chief of Police
- Scene 23 A Cheap Bruma Lake Hotel Room
- Scene 24 The Public Square
Summary
BIBI: Hi.
LULU: Hi.
BIBI: You're Lulu.
LULU: And you must be Bibi.
BIBI: Of course.
BIBI mutters under her breath.
LULU: Sorry?
BIBI: I was just saying, you're more beautiful than I ever thought you could be!
LULU: Well, you seem rather a handful yourself.
BIBI: Lulu Levine.
LULU: Bibi… Bibi…
BIBI: Khuswayo!
LULU: Funny, he never mentioned you.
BIBI: Awuzwe lesishwapha … (Listen to this piece of rag)
LULU: uThini? ﹛You said?)
BIBI: Nothing…
LULU: Don't you think Yeoville is still so interesting?
BIBI: Not really …
LULU: You know during the struggle we often used to meet in Yeoville.
BIBI: Well, the closest I've ever been to the struggle is trying to work out how to have sex with the whole of Pirates and Chiefs - before The Bold and the Beautiful!
LULU: Pathetic!
BIBI: Just kidding!
LULU: I think it's time to order.
BIBI: Yes.
LULU AND BIBI: Cappuccino!
LULU: Look, let's not beat around the bush. We have a problem. Jimmy's in jail, and we have to find a way to get him out.
BIBI: What do you think we can do together that I can't do by myself!
LULU: Look, I have lots of connections.
BIBI: And so?
LULU: Well, I think you have lots of skills.
BIBI: What do you mean?
LULU: Well. Do you know Lewis Matome?
BIBI: Of course! Lewis Matome, the new Chairman of the Bank!
LULU: Lewis is one of the most powerful men in the city.
BIBI: And so?
LULU: Well, I thought we could try and seduce him.
BIBI: What do you mean?
LULU: Well to be frank, I thought you could try and seduce him.
BIBI: Are you mad!
LULU is on the retreat.
LULU: Relax!
BIBI: He's sleeping with half the women in town already and no one gives a damn!
LULU: Oh…
BIBI: And you want to know who cares the least? His wife!
LULU: Well. Jiimmy, when I saw him, said I should contact a friend of his in Alex.
BIBI: Who?
LULU: Bones.
BIBI: Bones? Bones Shibambo, the old gangster?
LULU: Yes.
BIBI: Please, what could he do to help? He's past it! He's just a hasbeen!
LULU: Well, what have you got to offer?
BIBI: Maybe we can flood the courts? The comrades still love him.
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- Love, Crime and Johannesburg , pp. 31 - 35Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2000