Interviews
Maandagshoek
The community of Maandagshoek is located approximately 30 kilometers west of the small town of Burgersfort in the south of Limpopo province. This area is part of what is historically known as Sekhukuneland and was also formally part of the apartheid homeland of Lebowakgomo. Several thousand people inhabit this community, the vast majority of who rely on small-scale farming or state grants to survive. In the early-1990s platinum was 'discovered' on land in the community and for the last ten years two large and extremely profitable mines, Modikwa and Tweefontein, have been in operation, despite the fact that there was no meaningful consultation with the community and most employees of the mines come from outside the community. As a result, relations between large sections of the community and the mines, which are jointly owned by Anglo-Platinum and African Rainbow Minerals, have been mostly hostile. In the last few years, other mining companies have been active in prospecting for further platinum deposits in the community. Unemployment is extremely high and the state of basic services in most of the community is deplorable. Like many rural areas with similar pasts, the community is formally governed by a district municipality (located in Burgersfort) but informally governed by traditional chieftainship authorities who consider the community's land to be held in collective 'trust'. The African National Congress (ANC) is dominant in the area but there is also the presence of smaller political 'players' such as the United Democratic Movement (UDM) and regional Limpopo-based parties.An interview with Grade 11 high school students Kedimetse Mapori and Lerato Tebele by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 9, 2007An interview with Simon Siloane, who is physically disabled and unemployed, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 9, 2007An interview with spaza shop owner Petrus Manogo by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 9, 2007An interview with Lucas Serage and Pinky Komane, both high school matric students and community activists, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 10, 2007First interview with Emmanuel Mokgoga, community leader/activist and spokesperson of the Maandagshoek Development Committee, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 10, 2007An interview with Chief Sonias Vilakazi of the Matimatsatsi community by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 11, 2007An interview with Flora Mpusi and Flora Makwa, both elderly women in Chief Vilakazi’s household, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 11, 2007An interview with Simon Vilakazi, son of Chief Vilakazi and secretary for the Matimatsatsi Tribal Authority, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 11, 2007An interview with the volunteer group of care-givers at the Mabaso Community Care Centre by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 12, 2007An interview with volunteer care-givers Veronica Matsie and Nkele Manyanga by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 12, 2007Part one of the interview with Johannes Madikgakge, Bishop of the Apostolic Church of Christ, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 12, 2007Part two of the interview with Johannes Madigakge, Bishop of the Apostolic Church of Christ, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 12, 2007An interview with Olesnas Mamohale, a former chairperson of the Maandagshoek Development Committee, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 13, 2007This is the first interview with Joyce Kgwete conducted by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava in Maandagshoek in 2007 as part of the South African History Archive's Alternative History Project, titled 'Forgotten Voices in the Present'.
An interview with Frans Maloko Thebene, a contract worker at Modikwa mine, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 15, 2007Part one of the interview with Isaac Kgwete, the chief of Maandagshoek, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 15, 2007An interview with ANC councillor Joseph Moime Madimabe by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 16, 2007An interview with mineworkers Laurence Xhetsa and Simon Bongo by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: June 16, 2007Part two of the interview with Chief Isaac Kgwete by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: July 15, 2007Part one of the second interview with Emmanuel Mokgoga, community leader/activist and spokesperson of the Maandagshoek Development Committee, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: February 24, 2008Part two of the second interview with Emmanuel Mokgoga, community leader/activist and spokesperson of the Maandagshoek Development Committee, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Date: February 25, 2008This is the second interview with Joyce Kgwete conducted by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava in Maandagshoek in 2008 as part of the South African History Archive's Alternative History Project, titled 'Forgotten Voices in the Present'.
