Next to the Eben Cuyler Park sports grounds I press another button on the steering wheel and change to 94.7 Highveld Stereo. I drive past the sign welcoming me to Melville, around the bend that changes into Main Road. +++The light changes to green and the two cars ahead of me start moving. +++“One step at a time, hey, Rochellie?” snivels the presenter. Rochelle has a severe squint and must undergo an urgent eye operation costing thousands to prevent total blindness. On Jacaranda FM it’s time for Good Morning Angels where the new Miss South Africa is presenting ten-year-old Rochelle from Benoni with R10 000, with compliments of South Africa’s largest cell phone network. +++As I wait for the light at the intersection of Beyers and Judith to change to green, I press the volume button on my steering wheel to turn up the radio. To my right, Wespark Cemetery, where the new mounds of soil are gradually closing in on the fence. To my left, the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens, where pensioners walk their dogs and fitness-conscious individuals jog in expensive running gear. Read “Please Help, God Bless” below and our Q&A with Botha here.Ībiding by the speed limit on the road sign, I drive down Beyers Naudé at 60 km/h. PEN South Africa nominated Beatrice Willoughby for her poems “ The Mad, Sad, Rad Collection” and James Clarke for his short story “ Old Iron”. Frederick J Botha’s story “Please Help, God Bless” was nominated by PEN Afrikaans for the 2016 PEN International New Voices Award.
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