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One Try, One Group Chat

One try, one family WhatsApp group and supporters celebrating in Durban, Cape Town, Perth and wherever Thabo is at the same moment.

StarringThaboGogo NomsaAnika

  1. In a Durban lounge a grandmother in a green headwrap jumps up from the sofa with her phone raised, while her teenage granddaughter films her, laughing.Enlarge panel 1
    Panel 1.

    Durban. Gogo Nomsa records a voice note.

    • Gogo Nomsa: PUT IT IN THE GROUP. PUT IT IN THE GROUP!
  2. At a seaside fish braai in Cape Town, a bearded man in a green bucket hat holds up his phone and cheers while friends around the fire celebrate.Enlarge panel 2
    Panel 2.

    Cape Town. Uncle Faizel, snoek on the grill.

    • Uncle Faizel: Nobody reply to Gogo until I have sent the video from my angle.
  3. Late at night in a small flat, a young woman in a green jersey stands on her couch cheering at her phone, while Thabo cheers on a video call on her laptop.Enlarge panel 3
    Panel 3.

    Perth, 23:14. And Thabo, somewhere colder.

    • Anika: Thirty-seven voice notes. I have work at seven.
    • Thabo: Worth it.

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  1. Panel 1

    In a Durban lounge a grandmother in a green headwrap jumps up from the sofa with her phone raised, while her teenage granddaughter films her, laughing.

    Caption: Durban. Gogo Nomsa records a voice note.

    Gogo Nomsa: PUT IT IN THE GROUP. PUT IT IN THE GROUP!

  2. Panel 2

    At a seaside fish braai in Cape Town, a bearded man in a green bucket hat holds up his phone and cheers while friends around the fire celebrate.

    Caption: Cape Town. Uncle Faizel, snoek on the grill.

    Uncle Faizel: Nobody reply to Gogo until I have sent the video from my angle.

  3. Panel 3

    Late at night in a small flat, a young woman in a green jersey stands on her couch cheering at her phone, while Thabo cheers on a video call on her laptop.

    Caption: Perth, 23:14. And Thabo, somewhere colder.

    Anika: Thirty-seven voice notes. I have work at seven.

    Thabo: Worth it.

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