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Patrick Shai, who reportedly took his own life last week, was an award-winning actor who for proved four decades to have been blessed with unquestionable talent. He delighted theatre lovers and television viewers in several memorable roles, including the films Taxi to Soweto (1991), Fools (1997) and the musical, Baby Come Duze (1992).
With the untimely death of South African actor Patrick Shai, it is time to consider his impact on stage, in films, on television and in society.
A nighttime haunt in the backstreets of Orlando run by a well-known bootlegger should have been a prime zone for nefarious underworld activities. Instead, it nurtured an underground of a different kind
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been fondly remembered as an outspoken opponent of the apartheid regime who also didn’t spare the corruption of a democratic SA.
The story of Mofolo, and indeed Soweto, will not be complete if it does not include a long chapter on the Tshabalala family, led by Ephraim Batana Tshabalala and his wife Caroline Kinini Tshabalala (née Ngcobo). By all accounts, this couple were the retail giants of their times and made an indelible mark with the plethora of enterprises in the township and beyond.