African Scenes

These are some of the things that I really must get pictures of:

• women carrying things (baskets, soda cases, boxes) on their heads,
• a truck loaded with 20 people on the back,
• a truck carrying a load of whatever where the whatever is stacked twice as high as the width of the truck,
• parking helpers at work waiving their rags offering to wash your car when you stop at their spot,
• on-the-road vendors nearly getting hit by the moving traffic,
• white people begging at a traffic light,
• a line a mini-buses all banged-up and bruised waiting for people,
• a bunch of people all banged-up and bruised waiting for mini-buses, 
• a mini-bus hangout,
• church square from the 16th floor,
• roadside markets,
• townships, and other poorer homes

Heading It

Women carry everything on their heads.

Homes

Here are some homes on the side of the roads in the rural areas.   This first home is typical of a Zulu dwelling.

This is typical of a Zulu community near the Drakensberg mountains..

Roadside Markets

A typical roadside market north of Hluhluwe in Kwazula-Natal, selling rugs, baskets, and fruit ...

... and yet another near Hartebeesport Dam, selling pottery.

This cute Ndebele shop is close to the Heartebeesprot Dam.

This popular roadside flea market area is on William Nichols Ave. near Jo'Berg.

A roadside beanbag shop is a very common occurrence in and around Pretoria.

Trucking it

This truck has fewer workers than normal riding in the back.

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