Catholic missionary in Mamelodi
- ZA HPRA A3440-B-B1-B1.12-B1.12.13
- Stuk
- 1967
Children trot after Catholic missionary on his rounds in Mamelodi.
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Catholic missionary in Mamelodi
Children trot after Catholic missionary on his rounds in Mamelodi.
Possession ceremony of initiate
Possession ceremony of initiate (girl wearing strands of beads may involve days or months of ritual dancing and singing to beat of sacred drum until irresistible force of spirit enters girl.
Frenchdale banishment camp: twelve huts with nothing around them but miles of barren velds.
Leonford Ganyile was hopeful for future and studied for his matriculation by the light of a paraffin lamp. He later escaped across Botswana border.
At the end of a day there is nothing to do but sleep.
At assignment desk clerk's rubber stamp dictates mine where man will work.
Barracks-like buildings are divided into starkly simple rooms with bunk space for twenty men. There are no closets or cupboards, so clothes and boots hang all over.
Miner sleeps on concrete slab, must supply own bedding.
They leave with more than they brought with them: bicycles, foot lockers filled with junk clothing, blankets, other things bought at concession stores.