Synopsis

When Camellia, an ageing white prostitute, loses her sex appeal in an upmarket brothel in Rosebank, Johannesburg, and causes her clients to run for cover, she is forced to migrate to the less illustrious streets of Yeoville to retire ungracefully. There, she plies her trade in Pope Street and immediately becomes a hit with the black clients who think they are scoring big with a white pro. Overlooking the spot where Camellia solicits for business is a flat occupied by two men (a celebrated short story writer and his incorrigible flatmate) who are down on their luck. They keep themselves busy by watching Camellia from their balcony and making wild assumptions about her. One thing they agree on is that she is a real "Pro" However, danger lurks uncomfortably and luck comes knocking unexpectedly: what is revealed is a twenty-six year old mystery in the form of a coloured boy's picture which elicits conflicting truths about paths that have crossed dramatically in the past. Last Pro in Yeoville is humorous and fast paced, and is written with wit and compassion.