African Oral Narratives
Military Intelligence in Apartheid-era South Africa

An interview with Ouma Ngelele, who runs a home for 18 orphans and abused children in her 5-room shack in Rammolutsi and is wholly supported by sympathetic local businesses and a white church in town, by Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava.

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Creator: McKinley, Dale
Ngelele, Ouma
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-one years old at the time of the interview, Ouma Ngelele was born and raised in Rammolutsi and worked for several years as a sales-person in Klerksdorp before returning to the community in 1998. Ouma’s husband passed away some years ago and she has one child of her own. In 2000 she opened up a ‘home’ for orphans and abused children in her three-roomed shack. Presently she cares for eighteen children ranging in ages from seven months to fifteen years (only some of whom receive childcare grants). She relies on support from local businesses and people for the running of the home. (NOTE: Since our interview, Ouma has managed to get enough donated funds to build a five-roomed brick house)
Description: This interview with Ouma Ngelele, who runs a home for 18 orphans and abused children in her 5-room shack and is wholly supported by sympathetic local businesses and a white church in town, along with a few child grants, 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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