Matsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono

Born: 17 July 1955
Updated: 21 Jul 2026

Summary

Businessman and soccer player

Jomo Sono as he is affectionately known was born in Orlando East in Soweto, Johannesburg on 17 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 newspaper article. Sono was left in the care of his ailing grandparents in a tiny Soweto home.

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Last updated · 21 Jul 2026

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South African History Online. (2011, February 17). Matsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/B-0009095

South African History Online (2011) 'Matsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/B-0009095 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

South African History Online, Matsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/B-0009095, (accessed 22 July 2026).

"Matsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/B-0009095. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Matsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono." South African History Online. February 17, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ve/ref/B-0009095.