Fools

Charterston Township 1990 Professor Zamani is respected in the township To be sure he once raped one of his students but the community turned a blind eye Zamani used to rail against the apartheid system but those days are long gone Now he teaches South African history in the Afrikaner language and grudgingly organizes the picnic for National Day which commemorates the Boers massacre of the Zulu nation When Zani the rape victims brother returns from Swaziland where he won a place in school he is determined to change everything In the small hours in the waiting room at Johannesburg station he runs into Prof Zamani whos spent the night on the town They travel back together to the harsh reality of the township In due course Zamani regains some of his pride and Zani inevitably loses some of hisunder the gaze of the women who never renounced their dignity