·29 Nov 2025
Meyer Lewis, an immigrant from Latvia, founded the Lewis furniture retail chain in the 1930s.
However, after a series of tragedies in the 50s, his family lost control of the group to a UK giant, and ended up in control of what would eventually become the R27 billion Foschini Group instead.
The Lewis group traces its origins back to 1934, when the first Lewis store was opened in Woodstock, Cape Town.
Founder, Meyer Lewis, immigrated to South Africa in 1908 and had spent his early business years as a hawker, selling small items…
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The cab driver feels compelled to flesh the story out, as its just the husband he\’s talking to.
\”yeah I remember that last shore leave in Johannesburg, me and the lads gagging for some action, end up in a dive bar and met this girl, we got a room and she was the the worst fuck I\’ve ever had!\”
The wife says \”what did he say?\”.
Husband \”the cab driver he says he might know you!\”
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An retired elderly couple visit London..
They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.
The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?
Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..
The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.
\”What did he say?\”
The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”
The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”
The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”
The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.
The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.
The wife smiles and nods.