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Generations of people from across Africa, Europe and Asia have
turned metal from the depths of the earth into Africa's wealthiest,
most dynamic and most diverse urban centre, a mega-city where
post-apartheid South Africa is being made. Yet for newcomers as
well as locals, the golden possibilities of Gauteng are tinged with
dangers and difficulties. Chichi is a hairdresser from Nigeria who
left for South Africa after a love affair went bad. Azam arrived
from Pakistan with a modest wad of cash and a dream. Estiphanos
trekked the continent escaping political persecution in Ethiopia,
only to become the target of the May 2008 xenophobic attacks.
Nombuyiselo is the mother of 14-year-old Simphiwe Mahori, shot dead
in 2015 by a Somalian shopkeeper in Snake Park, sparking a further
wave of anti-foreigner violence. After fighting white oppression
for decades, Ntombi has turned her anger towards African
foreigners, who, she says are taking jobs away from South Africans
and fuelling crime. Papi, a freedom fighter and activist in
Katlehong, now dedicates his life to teaching the youth in his
community that tolerance is the only way forward. These are some of
the 13 stories that make up this collection. They are the stories
of South Africans, some Gauteng-born, others from neighbouring
provinces, striving to realise the promises of democracy. They are
also the stories of newcomers, from neighbouring countries and from
as far afield as Pakistan and Rwanda, seeking a secure future in
those very promises. The narratives, collected by researchers,
journalists and writers, reflect the many facets of South Africa's
post-apartheid decades. Taken together they give voice to the
emotions and relations emanating from a paradoxical place of
outrage and hope, violence and solidarity. They speak of
intersections between people and their pasts, and of how, in the
making of selves and the other, they are also shaping South Africa.
Underlying these accounts is a nostalgia for an imagined future
that can never be realised. These are stories of forever seeking a
place called 'home'.
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