FOUR & concerts a funeral

The barrel roof of the Good Hope Centre is just ahead of us. Michael is doing a super job navigating the Cape Town traffic in his folks’s pale blue VW combi. Michael was held back after Standard 9 so he’s had his driver’s licence for a year already. The combi is packed with our group of friends from Hermanus. Michael isn’t really a friend, but he wants to be one desperately, which is why he borrowed the combi for us to go to the Johnny Clegg concert. Michael perms his hair and wears eyeliner, which we find a bit disconcerting. It is 1989 so I suspect he’s trying to look like the lead singer from Depeche Mode. I, on the other hand, am dressed like Madonna. I am in ski pants and a royal blue beret I’d bought at Pep stores with my pocket money. I am surprised that Mom