Frans “Ting Ting” Masango grew up in Mamelodi, Tswane.  His mother was a domestic worker and his father was an employee at a construction company.  Masango had a good academic record which was interrupted by the 1976 student uprising.  He played an active role in the uprising.

References

Harris, P. (2009) Frans “Ting Ting” Masango, Sunday Times, September 27, p5 |

Jacobson, C (2009), Frans "Ting-Ting" Masango - South African anti-apartheid guerrilla dies at 51 [online], available at: http://www.tributes.com/show/Frans-Masango-86807989 [accessed November 2009]

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