The hero everyone forgot: Josia Thugwane
07 August 2015 - 02:09
The picture is of an ageing, tan-brick farmhouse at the end of a long, dusty road. In it the man raises his arms towards the heavens, his index finger and thumb appearing to make the victory sign.It is 1996. He is standing in the middle of several thousand black children in Coca-Cola T-shirts and caps, some with their mouths agape, cheering, others looking stoically into the lens.
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