Summary All you need to know about the short story "Thabo, die entrepreneur van Pretoria"

Thabo,
die entrepreneur
van Pretoria

, What is the short story about?
• Thabo is sad because he is broke.
• Thabo’s neighbour tells Thabo’s best friend, Pragan, that is he going
on holiday but he has a problem: he has nobody to look after his pets.
• Pragan suggests that Thabo looks after the pets. And so, it begins…
• Thabo starts advertising and pet-sits for people
• But it has it’s challenges:
1. Take animals for walks
2. Give animals food
3. someone broke in at one of the houses.
4. Electricity causes the gate not to open and the pets are stuck inside
• Thabo then makes a plan: he gets a ladder ➔ brakes into the house
➔ rescues the animals.

, KARAKTERS
• Thabo
• Thabo se ma
• Pragan

, Important to know:
• Ruimte (setting): Pretoria
• Thabo:
– Arm
– Moedeloos, want 1) hy het nie geld om te gaan fliek nie.
2) hy het nie geld om vir sy ma ‘n geskenk te koop nie.
- Hy adverteer sy diens met PLAKKATE




• Pragan:
– Hy is ‘n goeie vriend vir Thabo, want hy vertel hom van ‘n werk
– Hy dink aan die plan dat Thabo na die mense se diere kan kyk vir ekstra geld.