African Oral Narratives
Military Intelligence in Apartheid-era South Africa

An interview with pre-school teacher Joyce Bafedile Mokgadi of Rammolutsi by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.

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Joyce Mokgadi, a creche and pre-school teacher of Rammolutsi, during an interview with Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.
Joyce Mokgadi, a creche and pre-school teacher of Rammolutsi, during an interview with Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava. (2007)
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Creator: Mokgadi, Joyce
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: In her thirties at the time of the interview, Joyce Bafedile Mokgadi was born and raised on a nearby farm where her parents worked. She came to Rammolutsi to go to school in 1984 (where she lived with relatives) and received her matric in 1997. She started working at the pre-school in 2000. The pre-school has two rooms and a yard and presently has about fifty children between the ages of 2-6 who attend. Joyce lived in a shack for many years, but now lives with her siblings in a Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) house (which she applied for in 1997 and received in 2003).
Description: This interview with pre-school teacher Joyce Bafedile Mokgadi 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 27, 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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