SOUTH AFRICA: A TALE OF SIX FAMILIES : SOUTH AFRICA: FORGING A NATION : FAMILY PORTRAIT / THE MOFOKENGS

Shirley, 51, manager at a clothing factory

Patience, 30, organizer for a retail trade union

Churchill, 28, teacher

Audrey, 21, unemployed

Nathan, 17, student

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Home: Soweto

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Politics: Member of the African National Congress

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Background: Shirley’s parents were born in Johannesburg of parents who had migrated from rural areas.

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Shirley Mofokeng: “The ANC will need much time to turn things around--three to five years for changes to become visible--and people will have to be patient, though they won’t like it. If we are not steadfast on the course we set, we could ruin the new South Africa.”