grammatical constraints and motivations for - University of the ...

Verstaan jy {You understand}. “Jy vat ons reg op, om Paris. Nou moet ons loop vir drie
ure.” {“You take us right up, right around Paris. Now we have to walk for three hours.”} En
hier kry ons ‘n pub reg langsaan die {And here we find a pub right next to the} hotel, but I
mean, I sort of knew that that pub was open but, ah, toe gat (gaan) soek ons ‘n pub op ander
plekke {so we went to look for a pub in other places}. But that was a great exploration, ja
{yes}, because you could see things. There was nobody to tell you what was what was going
on or what the history of the place was, but, be that as it may, it was just gaining experiences
and talking, uh, uh, about things that matters
191. Clarence: This is, this is where the tour ends. You went on to explore the () and Barcelona and the Costa
Bravo. We’re not going to talk about that part of the journey. This is where a lot of the people
came back home. Um, and I, and I certainly hope that we will stay in contact. What lessons did
you take from the trip Suster?
192. Suster: … For me personally, I’ve, I’ve, I’ve travelled many places in, in, in the world and I’ve always
done it alone or with one other person. For me all of a sudden to be all with twenty four that
grow to forty people later on, uh, people and basically running a bit of a leadership role with
them. For me it was like, uh, this is interesting dynamics, you know. Interesting, it’s, it’s
people, personalities and whatever. But on the tour itself, um, I think Europe is an interesting
place. Uh, there’s a lot of changes, political changes taking place in Europe, um, and I mean
even the whole thing about the festival going from the Hague to Rotterdam next year. The
festival, the jazz festival will be in the North Sea, will take place in Rotterdam after thirty
years. And for a weekend, speaking to the Dutch people about their feelings about it and I
mean their feelings were like they were upset that the festival is moving from the Hague to, to
Rotterdam and they expressed it in that way. I remember Clarence, on the very last
announcement Clarence made on the Stutton hall stage which is the big stage at the, at the
festival and he mentioned, he said a whole lot of things and the very last sentence was, “See
you next year at Rotterdam.” Boo.
193. Clarence: Boo.
194. Suster: There was like twelve, fourteen thousand people as one, just booing him off the stage, you
know.
195. Clarence: I think that was probably twelve fourteen thousand people from The Hague. Obviously upset
about the, about losing this big event for The Hague and about it going to Rotterdam.
196. Suster: But, but, also, on a very, and a moment of pride and admiration, was you, Clarence, being the
only South African to be represented at the North Sea Jazz Festival. Um, Clarence introduced
Shaka Khan as, as the first act for the festival on the Friday night. But unfortunately we, we
were a little bit late to see that. But I witnessed people coming to him and saying what a
wonderful, what a wonderful introduction, including Shaka Khan came to Clarence and said
she’s never been introduced like that before. I mean, I’m, I’m hoping to see the tape because
the man waxed lyrical about his heritage, about where he comes from, Africa, and making that
connection with Shaka Khan as in a, a great Zulu leader by the name of Shaka Zulu and her
name synonymous with her with her leadership.
197. Clarence: That was just one of the rumours. Let’s cut that story short.
198. Suster: Okay, but be that as it may, we all, the whole tour group was in admiration of Clarence and the
role that he played.
199. Clarence: Okay. Let me come back in a short while. It’s Suster’s, uh, words to, uh, Blackman Ngoro.
Um, Blackman said, Suster, that you are a drunken beg, beggar with an inferior culture. Um,
that is, of course, if you consider yourself to be a Coloured. Um, we’re gonna find out what
Suster’s response is right after this.
Adverts
200. Clarence: It’s 104.9, the heart and soul of Cape Town. Five minutes from three ‘o clock. We’re gonna
end off on a, on a sad note in a in a sense because after this phenomenon of Suster for thirteen
years, twelve years actually. We started back in 1993, uh, become a bit of a sought after
character, Suster will be disappearing from the airwaves on the fifth of … August. Um, and, ja
{yes}, so its just two more weeks left on radio and then you’re retiring