A feared gang leader is released on parole after seven years. Has Map Jacobs changed, or is he still the bully? A family and community drama that takes place against the forced relocations from the Cape to the Plains. This piece gives a look at the way of life of the uprooted, their love and pain and the desperate longing for a better existence in a system that especially fails the defenseless.

Krismis van Map Jacobs

The Burgess family is a typical culturally-blended family. Eric is secular, but his wife Julie, is a non-practicing Muslim. After she suddenly dies, years of family conflict must be navigated so that she can be buried as per Muslim custom.