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Second part of the second interview with widowed pensioner Daniel Serame Masemola of Sebokeng, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.

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Daniel Masemola, a widowed pensioner from Sebokeng, during an oral history interview with Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
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First part of the second interview with widowed pensioner Daniel Serame Masemola of Sebokeng, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava. (May 14, 2008)

Creator: Masemola, Daniel
McKinley, Dale
Veriava, Ahmed
Contributing Institutions: SAHA; MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University
Contributors: Joseph Matutoane (Translator)
Moses Moremi (Transcriber)
Biography: Eighty-six years old at the time of the interview, Daniel Serame Masemola was born and raised in nearby Meyerton and moved to Sebokeng in 1965 due to forced removal. He managed to secure a title deed house and has lived in this house ever since, fighting many legal battles to retain his residence there. Daniel held many different jobs, mostly in construction as a general labourer. He had nine children with his only wife, four of whom are alive today. He survives off his pension, which also supports several in-laws.
Description: The second part of the second interview with widowed pensioner Daniel Serame Masemola was conducted by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava in Sebokeng in 2008 as part of the South African History Archive's Alternative History Project, titled 'Forgotten Voices in the Present'.
Date: May 14, 2008
Location: Sebokeng, Gauteng, Republic of South Africa
Format: Audio/mp3
Language: Sotho
Rights Management: For educational use only.
Digitizer: SAHA
Source: SAHA collection AL3280

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