the silk scurf by Ahmed Essop

1. Setting
Time: Last days of apartheid when the group area has act has been abolished.
Place:Oriental Plaza in Johannesberg

2. Main charactetrs
(a). Mr Sakur an Indian succesful bussines man, Proud and has entergrity and values
(b). Mrs Nerbo, Self Indulgent, Privileged life (thropugh her husband's life) and arrogant.

Plot

Mr Sakur ran his business according to his rules and he did not see why a customer should question him. He had refused to accept cheques from many other customers and they had not been offended. He was not going to make an exception in the lady's case.
'Many shops have accepted my cheques in the Oriental Plaza,' Mrs Nebo said. 'You can go and ask Oriental Fashions.'
'I don't ask anyone,' Mr Sakur said, taking the scarf out of the plastic bag and replacing it on a hanger behind him.
Mrs Nebo felt humiliated by his action, her integrity tarnished. The scarf was hers, she had the money, her bank account was spiralling as funds from foreign governments poured into the coffers of her husband's political party, and here was a little man, unknown outside the Plaza, trying to deprive her of an item of feminine beauty that she could pay for ten times over.
'You don't know who Mrs Nebo is,' Margaret intervened. 'She is the wife of the man who is going to be the Foreign Minister in the new government.'
'There is the sign,' Mr Sakur said, pointing to it.
The two escorts moved closer, still chewing potato crisps. They had bought five packets each and were now emptying the fourth packet. They stared at the shopkeeper while eating as though they were prepared to eat him if given the word, but the man did not look at them to feel intimidated