Lerato Matona our Ghaadtjie
Our Ghaadtjie
It’s difficult to look at The Ghaadtjie, Lerato Matona, and recognize the young father from Kanana who came to seek his fortune in the Mother City.
Whether in full control at the steering wheel, facilitating the loading and off-loading of Taxi-traffic or rounding up the passengers on the morning Pick-up, this confident crusader for a better life for his loved ones has emerged as a smooth-voiced, sensitive soul with a keen sense of the ridiculous and a passion for community. Always eager to brighten your day, he abandons himself to musical expression and active engagement with passengers in a way that is hard to resist. Flush with the values of The Taxi he has come to mirror the possibilities invested in this vehicle. A laughter addict, a care-junkie and a stylista with all the makings of an opinionista, this Kapetown import has long ago earned his stripes as Kapetonian. To prove it you just have to hear him wax lyrical about the mountain.
