He has performed on some of the world’s biggest stages, won multiple awards, and stolen the spotlight in blockbuster hits like Black Panther and Captain America: Civil War, and most recently alongside Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler in Murder Mystery 2.
In this excerpt from a people’s history of the Eastern Cape city, Buntu Siwisa captures the struggles and triumphs of a man who insisted on upgrading township schools and ferried anti-apartheid fugitives.