The setting
The story took place in Oriental Plaza in Johannesberg,Indian Shopping Centre.Time-it took place in early 1990s during the apartheid
The plot
The story takes place in an Indian shopping complex. Two woman Mrs Nebo and her friend Magaret went to do some shopping along wtih two escorts. They went from shop to shop doing some shopping. Mrs Nebo's husband would become the new foreign affairs minister in the new government. They were walking around when Mrs Nebo saw an Indian dress on a manican and decided to buy it. The shop did not have a scarf that matched. She found another scarf at a different store but when she did not have enough cash on her she decided to pay by cheque. The shop owner did not want to accept the cheque. She felt hummiliated and started making a scene. The other shop owners decided to buy the scarf as a present for Mrs Nebo.Mr Sakur knew his right and decide that his law of not accepting cheque in his store applies to all other traders were intimidated and find it very dangerouse by offending the with of an important politician. Lastly the trader decided to pay the scarf for Mrs Nebo as agift.
Main charecters
Mrs Nebo was a stuborn woman who didn't seem to take no for an answer. She felt hummiliated by the man who in her eyes was a nobody.
The shop owner was a man who never backed down he stood firm and didn't change his mind. He was hard headed he didn't care who she was. He felt that if he made the acception for her he would do the same for someone else.
