Cry, Beloved country

             Company Kumalo and Msimangu leave for Doorfontein and find .
             out that Absalom had quit the job a year ago. One of the .
             workmen informs them that he had last heard that Absalom was .
             staying with Mrs. Ndlela of Endstreet, Sophiatown. Kumalo and .
             Msimangu visit Mrs. Ndlela but are disappointed, for Absalom .
             doesn't live there anymore. Mrs. Ndlela tells Msimangu that .
             Absalom kept a bad company but she is hesitant to divulge .
             anything more about him. .
             The next morning, Kumalo and Msimangu set out for Alexandra .
             but are confronted with a bus boycott. A group of blocks have .
             decided to boycott in protest of the increased fare. Their .
             spokesman, Dubula dissuades Kumalo and Msimangu from .
             taking the bus, by his forceful account of the injustice done to the .
             poor blacks. .
             All roads lead to Johannesburg. People from various places and .
             various reasons are drawn to this city. The city is bursting with .
             people; there is no space to accommodate more men, yet they .
             keep pouring in. Poverty compels some people to rent their .
             houses. There is no privacy for the growing up children in these .
             homes. People wait endlessly in the hope of their own house, .
             while they go on living in makeshift shelters. .
             Kumalo spends most of his time playing with his nephew, .
             relating tales from his native land. However, there are times, .
             when the thought of his lost son comes to his mind and he feels .
             pensive and desolate. At these moments he is reminded of his .
             village and his brother and this helps him to regain his calm. .
             On their way back from Orlando; Msimangu suggests Kumalo .
             that he needs some rest. He proposes to take him along to .
             Ezenzeleni, a place for the blind, where he has to hold a service. .
             In the evening, father Vincent and Kumalo talk about Kumalo's .
             native land, they are interrupted by a white priest, who gives .
             them the news of murder of Arthur Jarvis, a leading city .
             engineer. The native men are suspected of intruding in his house .
             and shooting him.