By PHUMLANI SAUL
Timothy Kiesling from Norway enjoys staying in KwaNobuhle near Kariega.
The 58-year-old mlungu is having so much fun he might consider marrying ekasi, if he gets a good Xhosa girlfriend.
But he never thought he’d be accepted in Khayelitsha in Kariega, Mondile street.
when he joined his long time friend from Malawi where they spray paint cars.
He didn’t think he’d live there that long.”The people here are amazing. They greet me whenever they pass me standing next to the Somalia Shop where I always stand next to it,” he said.
Kariega’s newest resident standing next to his favourite shop Photo by Phumlani Saul
Timothy, who stays with his Somalia friend, lived in Khayelitsha for 3 years, also before he moved to Kariega. He wasn’t comfortable talking about why he moved from Norway three years ago . All he told the DK news was he wanted a better and new life.
We spray paint cars to make a living. ” Motto is no stolen cars in our business.
” Those who steal from others should not bother coming to spray paint here” he said
I’m not married my wife passed away during Covid 19 era now I’m single looking for a good girlfriend. And I would love to get married in Kasi because woman in the area are beautiful, ” he said.
When he is not at workshop, Timothy spends his spare time standing around the Somalia Shop.
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