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… Jomo Sono as he is affectionately known was born in Orlando East … July 1955. At the age of 8, his father Eric “Scara” Bamuza Sono, a midfielder for  Orlando Pirates  in the 1960s, died … from a car crash. At the time his mother abandoned him. Sono met his mother again when he was 34 years old through a …

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… Masinga attended coaching clinics by legendary player Jomo Sono and was recruited to his team, Jomo Midas Cosmos. In …

… Odd one out Over the years many people have asked me how it came about that I, amongst all the Afrikaners that … to the same school in the Western Cape as I, encouraged me to tell my “story”. So did a young Black man, Pule Khobo, who befriended me during a visit to Cape Town in July 2003. This is my …

… He died on 26 October 1947 in Johannesburg. If Death Bury me where the grasses grow Below the weeping willow trees To let their branches shed upon me Leaves of varied greens. Then, as I lie there, I shall … a soft behest: " Sleep, beloved one, sleep and rest." Bury me in a place like this: Where those who scheme and give …

… what was happening all the police had  made a ring around me and were kicking and pushing me, saying ‘Now we’re playing rugby’ - one policeman would dive full length on to me, hitting me on the side, then another would come up and …

… photographs. "I was beaten up by those youths. They threw me into the grave and started throwing soil on top of me, burying me alive. But one of the youths who had seen me taking …

… wrong. If the Government admits, it is wrong it must take me back to my home, even as it brought me here. If the Government will not do this, I will sit here until I die. The Government can do as it wishes with me”¦I am not afraid because I speak the truth”¦.The …

… Kobie’s eyes sparkle with the memories she shares with me as we sit chatting in her pretty lounge in Ocean View. At … things. “My great aunt stayed with us and she didn’t allow me to do any chores except to polish the spoons. My eldest sister did all the work, but they did not let me do housework until I was 11. I think it was because I was …

… which produced an intense shock. Sometimes they made me sit down and applied the same torture; the pain was worse … didn’t believe what I said and so they kept on torturing me. They also interrogated me about my mother, against whom they were desperate to …

… my family formed a system which protected and infringed on me, empowered and disempowered me, promoted and denied me." He has participated in several other critical and …

… ever noticed my embarrassment last year when she told me in passing that you and Doreen had, for several years now, … she literally glowed with pure joy, as she gave me chapter and verse...” Madiba continued to write that : “”¦ … elsewhere in the City. But the grim walls of prison kept me ignorant of your trips to Soweto. The chance remark by …

… [my neighbours and my husband's cousin] came back and told me they found my husband in Phokeng Mortuary, they told me he was also shot and killed on the 16 th by police. I …

… to work in Johannesburg, noting that, ‘No one gave me permission to leave Davhana to work in Johannesburg. I … and met with him at her offices. She ‘volunteered to give me money to augment my salary and grocery to take home.’ He …

… “My controller was Liz Abrahams, who was responsible for me for at least a month. It was a risky job because had she … she would have been imprisoned for long years. She moved me frequently, mostly keeping me in farm worker compounds, but once I was in a house in a …

… subjects. "Documentary photography is very enriching to me as a person. It is a great privilege to me to be able to use my photography to investigate my country …

… a kind of insurance against poverty by trying to give me a prestige profession, and if necessary would go to jail whilst doing it. "(Modisane, Blame Me on History ) Modisane started working at Vanguard … South Africa for England. There in 1963 he published Blame Me on History . The book is similar to Can Themba's short …

… produced a number of albums. His last offerings were From Me To You and the 2004 Sakhile release, Togetherness. In … then I was living in Los Angeles and people used to send me his music, which inspired me in a way that made me eager to work with him.” Gumede’s …

… with experienced photojournalists.  "Photography allows me to tell stories with pictures. I live to tell stories. … also sustains him creatively. "The next step, for me, is to tell stories with moving visuals, combining words …

… I made after my arrival here; these friends have allowed me to use their small hut for accommodation; the rest I see … here. I have to hire someone to go and do the shopping for me, going over the Umbombo mountains”¦.Life is not worth …

… understand, I tried to do things, which were far beyond me, and I failed. I tried to help change the world around me but in the process I destroyed my own, I betrayed my … which I believed in and had worked for...It has taken me a long time to be able to look at what happened and try to …

… the house that was burnt.  “When the Government take me home, they must put me in a house”¦.And finally when I leave this place I will …

… a whip and much swearing. I can’t exactly say what made me do what I did, but I marched to the police station and … that met my statement and the six pairs of eyes watching me told me that I have finally crossed the line. I have committed …

… here. If he feels like it let the Native Commissioner send me home. It is not for me to go on my knees to ask for a favour.”’ As a widower who …

… Captain Geldenhuys and two other policemen came to see me. They asked me if I had been informed that my appeal had been dismissed. … advocate said. They then said there was still a chance for me to be saved as they knew I was the big boss of the …

… people because I am worried that although they worship me, they are not honest in their worship of me. I want you to worship me according to your old traditions.” (Edgar, 2010: 7) …

… Michaels Beach. Living up to his name, Thumamina ( Send Me ), without hesitation, Mboto jumped into the water to save …

… formation of the NIC. “Think Black, not Indian”, inspired me a lot. It made me think what was practical. Whilst in principle we agreed to … Moodley ,  Saths Cooper  and others actually helped me to define my own life. That was why, when I was in Child …