African Oral Narratives
Military Intelligence in Apartheid-era South Africa

First interview with farm labourer Samuel Mahoko of Rammolutsi by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.

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Samuel Mahoko, a farm-labourer living in Rammolutsi, during an interview with Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava. (2007)
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Creator: Mahoko, Samuel
McKinley, Dale
Veriava, Ahmed
Contributing Institutions: SAHA; MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University
Contributors: Bramage Sekete (Translator)
Moses Moremi (Transcriber)
Biography: Born and raised on a farm near Rammolutsi, Samuel Mahoko has worked and/or lived on nearby farms his entire life, except for a brief stint working at an engineering firm in the small town of Vredefort (about 50 kilometres away). He moved to Rammolutsi in 1998, and after living in a shack for a few years, he managed to get a Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) house which he and his family now occupy. He continues to work on a nearby farm as a tractor driver/shop-keeper. He has a wife and four children.
Description: This first interview with farm labourer Samuel Mahoko was conducted by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava in Rammolutsi in 2007 as part of the South African History Archive's Alternative History Project, titled 'Forgotten Voices in the Present'.
Date: July 25, 2007
Location: Rammolutsi, Free State, Republic of South Africa
Format: Audio/mp3
Language: Tswana
Rights Management: For educational use only.
Digitizer: SAHA
Source: SAHA collection AL3280

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