Weaves, make-up, Woolies food, ndibala ntoni na!!!!! Sex for Mui Mui, Prada, Gucci, Valentino, Steve Madden, chauffer-driven investment cars, apartments in exclusive surburbs. Sex for dinners and champagne in Micheline starred restaurants. It's sex in exchange for holidays in exotic locations.
A high life which she will never ever afford as a student and she nevertheless introduces it to Treasure. I guess it was her way of forgetting it ever happened. Treasure doesn't deal with the assault both emotionally and physically. In "Bare' we read about Treasure who, desperate to escape a non-descript life in Westonaria, moves to Johannesburg after a very brutal sexual assualt and rape while on a matric camp in Bloemfontein, and reconnects with Lintle, a high school friend.
Compounded with socioeconomic challenges, black people still had lives to live. The 1994 elections sold black people a lot of dreams which did not materialise for the majority of the people. Tangible goods mattered than intangible thins like education, safety, a strong sense of self and self worth. I guess as a previous blessee, Jackie brings to the fore very important themes which impacts young women's lives in contemporary and post-apartheid South Africa.
More like a promotional catalogue for luxury brands and products and very thin story line.
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