Okay, so follow me on a short story.

Tonight, I’m working on a screenplay: this Herculean labor, about a real-life human being, that I’m trying to push through to the end.

Akrasia: [ancient Greek] translates as “to do something against one’s own better judgment.”

I met Thabo standing in line at Durban’s main long-distance taxi rank, under a hot rain on a steamy morning, along with several thousand more of the city’s seasonal…