African Oral Narratives
Military Intelligence in Apartheid-era South Africa

First interview with Malome Serame Isaac Masike, a semi-retired small business man from Rammolutsi, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.

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Isaac Malome Masike, a semi-retired small business man from Rammolutsi, shows his old pass book during an oral history interview with Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Isaac Malome Masike, a semi-retired small business man from Rammolutsi, shows his old pass book during an oral history interview with Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava. (2007)
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Creator: Masike, Malome
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: Fifty-nine years old at the time of the interview, Malome Serame Isaac Masike was born in Sophiatown, but moved to Rammolutsi as a very young child and has lived in the community since. He comes from a family of shop-owners and has continued this 'tradition' with his own small general goods store. He is also an occasional building/construction sub-contractor to the municipality. Malome is very involved in the local business association - both in Rammolutsi and Viljoenskroon.
Description: The first interview with Malome Serame Isaac Masike, a semi-retired small business man, 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 23, 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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