Chapter 5 – Memo 4.

“sound as smooth” – alliteration / “as smooth as the beads that he rolls

between his fingers” – simile.
1. Romance plays an important role in the lives of high school students The repetition of the “s” sound (alliteration) emphasises the perception of
because they are fascinated by love and relationships and experimentation the smoothness of the beads which is compared to the name Lufuno
in this regard. (Accept any suitable answer.) (simile) which enhances the gentle sound that the name evokes for
2. Lufuno prefers the past because she felt safer then. Dudu and Mandla.
Grandmother were alive then to support her. 5. Although Mandla’s father, Mr Nkosi, is not a large man he has a large
3. Lufuno and Tshilidzi would lie in bed together and make up fantastic presence. Everyone loves to greet him, laughing at his jokes, wanting to
stories. The tradition started with Dudu and Lufuno but since her death the serve him and admiring him as a wise man and chief.
two sisters continued the tradition. The stories were portrayed as if they 6. Mandla’s uncle is involved in the union that is controlling the strike and
were taking place on a big movie screen. They were the two directors his aunt works in the bakery as a receptionist. After dinner conversation
directing comedies, tragedies, or romances depending on their mood. The veers to the On the Rise Bakery and the feeling is that things are going to
movies normally had happy endings. get ugly as the management are refusing to budge and the workers who
4. Mandla is now introduced as a new character. He is handsome, talented, are not striking are perceived to be betraying those who are striking.
a soccer star and a heart throb. She includes him because she is infatuated 7. Mandla is very defensive and emotional when he tells his aunt that both
with him. he and his mother blame his father. The situation is very explosive as he
5. nobody openly discusses the matter. It is simmering below the surface and
is not being resolved. Not a healthy or happy state of affairs.
8. Mr Nkosi feels that the fight between the workers at the bakery is
dividing the people and that it has to stop.
9. Uta’mnci Bongani is passionate about politics, he is Mandla’s uncle (his
father’s younger brother) and is part of the union.
10. Mandla’s father likes to make Mandla aware that he is the boss by
insisting that as the chiefs only son he anwer to his beck and call. In this
6. The bracelet is an integral part of Lufuno’s being representing her love of chapter he has to go home to have supper at Aunt Andisiwe’s house
her culture and family. The fact that she shared this with Dudu shows that Chapter 7
she trusted her friend implicitly. Dudu handled the bracelet with the 1. Yes / No. Learner must provide his/her own well motivated response
required reverence and respect. regarding the mob mentality, strikes and the accompanying violence.
7. Mother listens to her gospel music while Lufuno makes up her movies as 2. Lufuno’s mother was very ill from tuberculosis. Her best friend Dudu
a method of escaping the harsh reality of their lives. died and she had to leave her home and school and move to Cape Town in
Chapter 6 Grade 11.
1. Often parents and teenagers have hostile relationships because they 3. The reference to the fact that she was lost in the forest refers to the fact
don’t understand each other. This can be resolved in most cases by open that she feels lost and alone and afraid in her new surroundings in Cape
communication to alleviate the tension. Town. The fact that she is running and tripping in the forest means she is
2. E. Extremely interested and captivated running away from her troubles and making mistakes in her new
3. Mandla excuses himself immediately after the meal to go his room, he environment. The fact that she hears Dudu’s voice means she is missing
doesn’t wish to stay and talk to his father. her but because she is dead her presence will forever evade her.
4. Lufuno feels afraid and insecure because of the threats she receives and rounded character and also more relatable for a teenage reading
because her parents are still working notwithstanding the strike. audience.
5. Rocks had been thrown onto Noki’s roof as a warning. Groups are 5. Lufuno is jokingly referring to Sindi who she says would love get her
forming that might swell into a protest mob and smash and grab father to buy her a boyfriend like Mandla who is actually a chief’s son and
opportunities might arise later because people are drinking and felling would be very expensive in this reverse lobola situation. The usual way is
themselves for violence later in the day. for the man to pay lobola for the girl he wishes to marry.
6. Sindi falsely accuses Lufuno of spying and wanting to ensnare Mandla. 6. When Lufuno’s colddrink fizzes out when she opens the bottle and they
When Chantelle calls Sindi toxic Lufuno mentally compares her to a jump up to wipe away the sticky mess the awkwardness is overcome.
venomous mamba seeking out its prey waiting to inject venom its veins. It 7. Lufuno tells Mandla that Modjaji is from the Balobedu tribe south of
is an effective comparison because it illustrates Sindi’s vindictive behaviour Venda and that she even speaks a different language.
accurately. 8. Her mother has always warned Lufuno against boys in general because
7. Learner’s own response regarding bullying. Own motivation regarding she wants her to first focus on her studies, she also wants Lufuno to
the appropriateness of Sindi’s behaviour required. eventually meet and marry a Tsivenda boy from her hometown. They are
8. Funeka tells Lufuno to ignore Sindi as she is obviously jealous of her and concerned about what might happen during this period of unrest due to
the fact that Mandla is interested in her. Her response does reflect the the strike. (Any two facts.)
average learner’s response to the situation because Sindi’s behaviour is so 9. Lufuno’s mother wants her to go to university and marry a young man
obvious. from her own culture.
9. The unemployed men in the township are drinking to work up courage 10. Lufuno is from a chief’s family, their families are at odds (the parents
to plunder and steal later in the day when the strike reaches its climax. are disapproving). They are in love and they do meet in secret.
10. When people become a part of mob violence they are no longer held Chapter 9
personally accountable. They lose their identity and responsibility and get 1. Not quite as involved because during the struggle against apartheid
carried away with the mass hysteria. everyone was wholeheartedly involved in the fight for freedom and
Chapter 8 equality. Accept any similar or sensible response.
1. Learner must present own response to the question regarding the 2. She is gentler than the other girls he has been in contact with. She is
importance of culture on the shaping of a person’s character and future. innocent and her experiences and cultural differences make her fascinating
2. The fact that Lufuno decides to accompany Mandla shows that she is to him.
willing to follow her heart in spite of her strict upbringing and parents’ 3. He is feeling unhappy and frustrated.
admonitions. She is obviously smitten by Mandla. 4. Mandla’s aunt prepares the full English breakfast that Mr Nkosi loves;
3. Mandla takes Lufuno to a park. The park is rather just an open plot of Mandla’s cousins sit quietly without squabbling and his sister listens when
land with a wooden bench, a broken swing and a scraggly patch of grass. he tells her not to go to work to show solidarity with the strikers.
The surroundings cannot be considered remotely romantic but their 5. Mandla used to love the way everyone respected his father but now it
experience there is intensely emotional and intimate. This is indicative of fills him with resentment.
the fact that surrounding can blur into unimportance if the people are only 6. Mandla’s father realises that his sister, as a secretary, is not officially
interested in each other and not in the external factors. part of the strike but he feels she should show her commitment to the
4. Lufuno decides to follow her instincts and instead of going home goes to cause and her fellow-workers by not going to work either.
the park with Mandla against her mother’s specific wishes. The fact that 7. Mr Nkosi thinks the “born-free” generation are selfish and focused on
she is not exemplary and dutiful at all times makes her a more believable themselves alone. He thinks they are not politically minded enough
because they weren’t part of the struggle.
8. Separate development. Segregation based on race. Racial discrimination.
The political policy implemented in South Africa (1948-1994) segregating
citizens according to race and ethnicity (PharosOnline). (Accept any well
thought out explanation of the concept of apartheid.)
9. The family are shocked and sit in silence waiting for the chief’s response
to Mandla’s outburst.
10. Mandla feels helpless and frustrated at constantly being told what his
future will hold for him as future chief. He doesn’t like having no control
over his life.
Chapter 10
1. A well-thought out response with regard to the influence of friends in a
teenager’s life.
2. Ricardo offer to give Lufuno’s parents a lift to work to ensure that they
get there safely, his brother calls him a traitor.
3. She wants to ensure that Lufuno uses correct spelling and grammar.
4. The factory has arranged special taxi-transport with a police escort for
the workers who have decided to continue working during the strike.
5. Tshilidzi is an extrovert not afraid to show her feelings to all and sundry.
Lufuno is more introverted and sensitive and internalises her worries and
fears. Tshilidzi gives vent to her feelings by crying and laughing loudly
whenever she is inclined.
6. Yes / No. The learner must provide reasons for their answer.
7. Mrs Jantjies had sold Chantelle’s mother plants without any roots once
and since then she considers her a thief.
8. Tshilidzi’s loud and uninhibited singing to the latest pop song breaks the
tension slightly.
9. She wants to be alone with her friends for a while and is willing to take
the risk of sending her sister out into the dangerous township under these
hazardous circumstances.
10. The learner’s individual response must be accepted if properly
motivated.