to the industrial area of Wynberg,
just west of Alex, and Mighty
Mechanics became the new family
business.
When you first go into
business there are so many things
nobody tells you. That’s especially
true when you’re two young black
people, a secretary and a mechanic,
coming out of a time when blacks
had never been allowed to own
businesses at all. One of the things
nobody tells you is that when you
buy a business you buy its debt.
After my mom and Abel opened up
the books on Mighty Mechanics and
came to a full realization of what