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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Mon, 7 Jun 2021 17:30:21 -0700 (PDT), james marco   
    wrote:   
      
   >Black Diamond kush online.   
      
    Black Diamond   
   by Zakes Mda   
   3.51  ·  Rating details ·  297 ratings  ·  58 reviews   
   Kristin Uys is a tough Roodepoort magistrate who lives alone with her   
   cat. She is on a one-woman crusade to wipe out prostitution in the   
   town for reasons that have personal significance for her. Although she   
   is unable to convict the Visagie Brothers, Stevo and Shortie, on   
   charges of running a brothel, she manages to nail Stevo for contempt   
   of court and gives him a summary six-month sentence.   
      
   From Diepkloof Prison, the outraged Stevo orchestrates his revenge   
   against the magistrate, aided and abetted by his rather inept brother   
   Shortie and his erstwhile nanny, Aunt Magda, who believes mass action   
   will force the powers that be to release Stevo.   
      
   Kristin receives menacing phone calls and her home is invaded and   
   vandalised. Even her cat is threatened. The chief magistrate insists   
   on assigning a bodyguard to protect her. To Kristin’s consternation,   
   security guard Don Mateza moves into her home and trails her   
   everywhere. Nor does this suit Don’s long-time girlfriend Tumi, former   
   model and successful businesswoman, who is intent on turning Don into   
   a Black Diamond sooner rather than later. And Don soon finds that his   
   new assignment has unexpected complications which Tumi simply does not   
   understand.   
      
   In Black Diamond, Zakes Mda tackles every conceivable South African   
   stereotype, skilfully (and with the lightest touch) turning them   
   upside down and exposing their ironies, often hilariously. This is a   
   clever, quirky novel that captures the essence of contemporary life in   
   Gauteng and will resonate with all South Africans.   
      
   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8474631-black-diamond   
      
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