The Silk Scarf

1.Setting

Place:Oriental Plaza,Johannesburg

2.Plot

The story is about Mrs Nebo who was a  wife  of an important official of the African  Front,Her husband Clive Nebo who was to be choosen to be Foreign Affairs minister in the new government that was to be formed after the apartheid era.

She went to Oriental Plaza for shooping together with the two escorts and her friend Margaret.There were many Shops at the Plaza namely,jewellers,habedashers,outfitters,shop selling curtains,textiles,oriental garments,banks,restaurants and hawkers.Mrs Nebo and Margaret bought jewellery and swimming costumes.She than went into shop were she bought  a lovely Indian dress.

They continued shooping while two bodyguards dressed in navy blue suits and colourful ties followed them.She went into another shop after paying for the garment and she began  look for a"silk scarf"for her dress.She find it,when she looked into her pocket to take some cash to pay  for the  scarf it was not sufficient at all,she then told the shopkeeper that she will pay with a cheque and the shopkeeper  Mr Sakur disagreed.The shopkeepers decided to buy a "silk scarf" and gave it to Mrs Nebo as a gift to avoid being evicted from the Plaza.

3.Main Character
1.Mrs Nebo

-She was a wife of Mr Clive Nebo
-She was of medium height with heavy lions
-With a smooth-skinned complexion
-Her companion was Margaret

2.Mr Sakur

-A short gaunt-looking man
-Self-determined
-He treat all his customers equally
-He does not fear threats of being attacked
-Very patient and calm
-An Indian and a Muslim by religion