The Coffee Cart Girl

A girl named Zodwa (aka Pinkie) operates a coffee cart selling pancakes and coffee. She meets a man named Ruben (aka China) when he is on the street outside of a factory on strike. Ruben and Zodwa paticipate in a sort of courtship, visiting with eachother over pancakes and coffee almost everyday. When Ruben finally gets a new job he takes Zodwa to a shop to buy her a gift. Ruben buys Zodwa a few small accessories, amongst them a fancy brooch. While they are in the store the store owner, Naidoo, compliments Zodwa of her beautiful complexion and figure while she is trying on the accessories. For the next few days Naidoo visits Zodwa at her coffee cart, and he offers Zodwa a ring to pay for pancakes. When Ruben sees Naidoo and the ring on Zodwa's hand his jealousy erupts. He threatens Zodwa with his knife, swearing that he loved her the moment he saw her the day of the strike and how dare she think Naidoo felt the same. Ruben does not cause any harm to Zodwa and apologizes. After a few days when Ruben tries to see Zodwa again he learns that the coffee cart had been removed from the streets because the white government said that the cart made the city look dirty. Ruben just sits at an abondoned cart thinking of all the moments he shared with Zodwa. In the end, Ruben's jealousy and lack of trust ruined something that made him happy, and he will likely never see the woman he cared about again.