Me and my car: ‘I picked up a French number in ’82’
/ 31 January 2020

Me and my car: ‘I picked up a French number in ’82’

Ahmed Rashid Abdoola’s love for cars is unquestionable. His front yard is filled with cars that need to be repaired — but there is one that’s in perfect condition, a 1978 Peugeot 404. Abdoola’s love for this vehicle is a relationship long in the making — since 1982, when he bought it. Abdoola says he […]

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/ 25 December 2007

Only death deters

Had I been two shades lighter, I would have turned red with embarrassment when strangers inquired if I was ”Ronnie Pillay’s daughter. You’re that reporter at the Natal Witness newspaper. How was your scholarship to America?” they asked. It was the late 1990s and my father had been telling his friends about his eldest daughter’s exploits.