Jacaranda Summer

by Lindiwe Marais

Thabo, Lerato and Pieter have claimed the same stretch of pavement under the biggest jacaranda on their Pretoria street every November since they were six. This year Lerato is moving to Durban in January, and nobody will say it out loud. So they make a list: ten things to do before the holidays end. A warm, funny story about friendship, endings and the courage to sing badly in public.