SOUTH AFRICA: A TALE OF SIX FAMILIES : SOUTH AFRICA: FORGING A NATION : FAMILY PORTRAIT / THE MOFOKENGS
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Shirley, 51, manager at a clothing factory
Patience, 30, organizer for a retail trade union
Churchill, 28, teacher
Audrey, 21, unemployed
Nathan, 17, student
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Home: Soweto
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Politics: Member of the African National Congress
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Background: Shirley’s parents were born in Johannesburg of parents who had migrated from rural areas.
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Shirley Mofokeng: “The ANC will need much time to turn things around--three to five years for changes to become visible--and people will have to be patient, though they won’t like it. If we are not steadfast on the course we set, we could ruin the new South Africa.”
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