Soweto

All pilgrims are equal but some are more equal than others

 Part 1 of 2 - The South Africans and Nigerians

Financial analyst and stock-broker Dawood Mndebele was born in Soweto. His family converted to Islam when he was just a boy in 1978. 

Articulate and jovial as I joined him just before lunch at his Hajj accommodation in Aziziyah, a few kilometres from Mecca, his simple pilgrim's dress betrayed his rags-to-riches story.