SPIN FOR the win
Red Bull is turning spinning into a fully fledged motorsport. But before the Volkswagen Golf GTI, there was one car that all kasi kids dreamt of owning – the BMW E30 325i, popularly known as iGusheshe, iThemba lama gomosha.
The sound of the 325i’s 2.5-litre inline six engine used to stoke every petrolhead’s emotions as it drove through the kasi streets. Only the meanest, coolest grootmans drove the car. Mamas would tell their young children to play very far away from the people driving the car.
The reason for this was that many people who drove iGusheshe were, according to the grown-ups, gangsters. It was common to see them driving at breakneck speed through townships and burning out the rear tyres, causing havoc.
Crowds of amused township kids would gather around the
