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The Pioneer

Swazi Wilhelmina Masilela

The eldest in the family is uSwazi. She is an important figure for us, as she has become the pillar for those of us who have resettled in South Africa. She has assumed the role of uMagogo.

Our paternal grandmother, maMajampela, in Hammanskraal, raised her. Later, she went to live with Magogo’s elder sister, uAnnah Moeketsi, whom we called Mmamogolo Annah, further simplified in day-to-day speech to ‘Gol’ Annah’. They lived in Lady Selbourne, from which they were forcibly removed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, to be resettled in Vlakfontein, now Mamelodi, a location that later became important for its resistance against apartheid. Some people were moved to Atteridgeville and Saulsville, while others were dumped in Winterveld and Garankuwa. Lady Selbourne gave way to a white suburb called Suiderberg.

Her house, 7381 Mamelodi, became our second home. Whenever we visited South Africa, during the years when this was possible, that is where we would go. Unfortunately, the house became a source of dissension among the Kekana family on the death of uGol’ Annah in July 1994. UMagogo, as Gol’ Annah’s only surviving sibling, found herself at the centre of a fierce family feud that involved cousins and grandchildren – one that destroyed the strong bond we had all treasured as a family. When all this was happening, uSwazi was staying in the house, but as a result of the feud was forced to leave, moving to Nellmapius, where she still lives today. Much against the will of uMagogo, the house was sold off, ending a very painful chapter.

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