If You Build It . . .

. . . They Will Come. Well, not quite. At the entrance to this expansion to the huge Zone shopping complex at Rosebank, Joburg, there's a big sign informing shoppers of 'Exciting New Stores Ahead'! Bit premature, it seems, as the place is deserted, gleaming floors untramped by money-laden shoppers and slouching kids, windows still awaiting their first displays, security staff longing for the first shoplifter. Perhaps next trip . . .