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Authors: Andre Beerwinkel
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and I discussed that house many times. Jeffrey
must have thought about it a lot, because later he told me several
times that he will at some stage return to that house and try and
find out what its secret was.
I and my family
left for the city the next year. The years rolled by and Niewedorp
became a sweet, far off memory. My adventures in Niewedorp were
always in the back of my mind. I was always thinking of returning
there and thirty three years later I just took my car and took a
road-trip to Niewedorp.
On entering the
little village I wasn’t surprised at all that everything seemed
almost exactly like we left it thirty three years before. I went
straightaway to Jeffrey's house. Everybody was very glad to see me.
His father, Mr Donson was still alive.
Everybody was
still there, except for Jeffrey.
When I asked
Mister Donson about his son Jeffrey, he looked strangely at me and
said I must be mistaken, he never had a son by the name of
Jeffrey...
GHOSTS IN
VALHALLA PARK
Every evening
as the sun sets over the Cape Flats a million demons materialize
out of the shadow world. A million demons come out to feast on
those unwary wanderers of the night. A million demons come out to
haunt the shadowy streets and eat the children. Those are the
people who died in gang-fights, or was murdered while walking in
the street, or wives who has been killed by their drugged up
husbands. They are all still here and just waiting to pounce on the
unwary and get their revenge.
Page holds the
Barbie doll closer to her chest with her one hand, while holding
tightly onto her mother’s dress with the other hand as they get off
the train at Netreg station. They are going to sleep at her daddy’s
house tonight. It is already late and a gloomy dusk is starting to
settle in over the township, but bright lights chase the shadows
away all over the platform of the train station.
Knowing that
she is going to see her daddy again fills the seven year old girl
with excitement. She loves her daddy very much. He always have lots
of presents for her. He also gives her lots of money while they
visit him and when they leave he also gives money to her mommy to
keep for her.
Page loves both
her mommy and daddy very much and it made her sad because they
can’t all live together. She asked this question many times and her
mommy explained that Daddy has to stay in Valhalla Park, because of
his business. If he leaves there he won’t make any money. And they
can’t stay with him, because of all the noisy and mostly drunk
people that hangs around his house every day. She never understood
that and would enjoy having her daddy with her every day.
So once or
twice a month she and her mommy takes the train from Bellville -
where they live with grandma - to Netreg Station. From the station
they would walk to her daddy’s house in Valhalla Park.
She never liked
this area. It feels dangerous. And dirty. The people are always in
a hurry and they swear loudly and many times they fight with each
other. Their screaming and loud talking scares her. And the place
is always dirty with old newspapers and plastic shopping bags
blowing in the wind and all kinds of rubbish lying around. The
smell of burned tyres and rotten fruit and petrol and sour wine is
always hanging over the area like an evil mist. And those strange
men who are always standing on the street corners. They would look
her and mommy all over. They have such weird eyes and those strange
grins. They always look like people who stand there for a purpose,
but she never saw them doing anything. Although she is only seven
years old, the way that they looked at her always makes her feel
dirty and icky... and very scared. At times like these she just
wants to run away, but then she feels the strength of her mommy
next to her and she holds her hand very tight and smiles at
her.
They are still
with the noisy crowd of people who just came from work as they
cross at the traffic light. As they enter Valhalla Park the
must have thought about it a lot, because later he told me several
times that he will at some stage return to that house and try and
find out what its secret was.
I and my family
left for the city the next year. The years rolled by and Niewedorp
became a sweet, far off memory. My adventures in Niewedorp were
always in the back of my mind. I was always thinking of returning
there and thirty three years later I just took my car and took a
road-trip to Niewedorp.
On entering the
little village I wasn’t surprised at all that everything seemed
almost exactly like we left it thirty three years before. I went
straightaway to Jeffrey's house. Everybody was very glad to see me.
His father, Mr Donson was still alive.
Everybody was
still there, except for Jeffrey.
When I asked
Mister Donson about his son Jeffrey, he looked strangely at me and
said I must be mistaken, he never had a son by the name of
Jeffrey...
GHOSTS IN
VALHALLA PARK
Every evening
as the sun sets over the Cape Flats a million demons materialize
out of the shadow world. A million demons come out to feast on
those unwary wanderers of the night. A million demons come out to
haunt the shadowy streets and eat the children. Those are the
people who died in gang-fights, or was murdered while walking in
the street, or wives who has been killed by their drugged up
husbands. They are all still here and just waiting to pounce on the
unwary and get their revenge.
Page holds the
Barbie doll closer to her chest with her one hand, while holding
tightly onto her mother’s dress with the other hand as they get off
the train at Netreg station. They are going to sleep at her daddy’s
house tonight. It is already late and a gloomy dusk is starting to
settle in over the township, but bright lights chase the shadows
away all over the platform of the train station.
Knowing that
she is going to see her daddy again fills the seven year old girl
with excitement. She loves her daddy very much. He always have lots
of presents for her. He also gives her lots of money while they
visit him and when they leave he also gives money to her mommy to
keep for her.
Page loves both
her mommy and daddy very much and it made her sad because they
can’t all live together. She asked this question many times and her
mommy explained that Daddy has to stay in Valhalla Park, because of
his business. If he leaves there he won’t make any money. And they
can’t stay with him, because of all the noisy and mostly drunk
people that hangs around his house every day. She never understood
that and would enjoy having her daddy with her every day.
So once or
twice a month she and her mommy takes the train from Bellville -
where they live with grandma - to Netreg Station. From the station
they would walk to her daddy’s house in Valhalla Park.
She never liked
this area. It feels dangerous. And dirty. The people are always in
a hurry and they swear loudly and many times they fight with each
other. Their screaming and loud talking scares her. And the place
is always dirty with old newspapers and plastic shopping bags
blowing in the wind and all kinds of rubbish lying around. The
smell of burned tyres and rotten fruit and petrol and sour wine is
always hanging over the area like an evil mist. And those strange
men who are always standing on the street corners. They would look
her and mommy all over. They have such weird eyes and those strange
grins. They always look like people who stand there for a purpose,
but she never saw them doing anything. Although she is only seven
years old, the way that they looked at her always makes her feel
dirty and icky... and very scared. At times like these she just
wants to run away, but then she feels the strength of her mommy
next to her and she holds her hand very tight and smiles at
her.
They are still
with the noisy crowd of people who just came from work as they
cross at the traffic light. As they enter Valhalla Park the
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