South africa vusumzi make biography
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Streetwise Make was bigger than jail
Don Makatile
Don Makatile
If you were to stand up in a crowded hall and shout "Vusumzi Make", chances are those gathered would continue with their business as though nothing had happened.
Shout "Mandela" and everyone listens, not bothering to find out if the subject is Madiba himself, his look-alike or any of his grandchildren.
South africa vusumzi make biography
But Vusumzi Linda Make, say those who knew him better, was bigger than the 27 years of incarceration can ever have done for the persona of Rolihlahla Mandela.
When Make was given three hours to get out of Johannesburg, a tearful Mandela was one of the well-wishers gathered at Park Station to see him off on his way to banishment in Venda.
His life reads like a colourful curriculum vitae, among other highlights, he was the youngest of the 156 people who made up the tally of accused in the Treason Trial of 1956.
He led the most powerful bus boycott - in Evaton - rivalled only by the world