Green Friday
From the taxi rank to the operating theatre, the whole country turns up to work in green, and nobody needs to explain why.
StarringLeratoBra Tshepo
Panel 1. 06:30. The taxi rank.
- Bra Tshepo: Jersey? Front seat. No jersey? Back seat, and you owe the gees.
Panel 2. 10:00. Theatre 3.
- Surgeon: White coat on top. Jersey underneath. We are professionals.
Panel 3. - Vendor: Here, my friend. Now you are family.
- Tourist: I do not even know the rules.
- Lerato: Nobody does. Put it on.
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Panel 1
At a busy taxi rank Bra Tshepo, the minibus taxi driver in a green jersey, leans out of his window, waving, as commuters in green jerseys climb aboard.
Caption: 06:30. The taxi rank.
Bra Tshepo: Jersey? Front seat. No jersey? Back seat, and you owe the gees.
Panel 2
In a hospital corridor a nurse and a surgeon wear green rugby jerseys under their white coats and share a quiet fist bump.
Caption: 10:00. Theatre 3.
Surgeon: White coat on top. Jersey underneath. We are professionals.
Panel 3
At a market stall an elderly vendor and Lerato hand a green jersey to a surprised red-haired tourist in a plain white T-shirt while passers-by applaud.
Vendor: Here, my friend. Now you are family.
Tourist: I do not even know the rules.
Lerato: Nobody does. Put it on.
