High on life and on stilts: ‘Uncle Lassie’ uses play to teach kids
Daily Maverick | 03.08.2026 14:00
Wonder, delight, intrigue. That’s how children – and most adults – react when they see the fabulous giant yellow fellow with the sunglasses and bowler hat known as Uncle Lassie. My first sighting was at Main Street Sundays in April, an open-street event in the inner city of Jozi, when he came waltzing down the road on 3m-high stilts, like some kind of fantastic sunshine-flavoured superhero that had stepped straight out of a comic book.
