Thando

Thando Tshangela discusses the effects of the protest:

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Since it's what happens when you have killed someone, my best bet is that the animal represents the spirit of the dead: Zinzi believes she killed her brother, therefore she carries little brother Thando everywhere with her, his soft arms around her neck, his dear weight on her back.

Zoo City by Lauren Beukes – review 2011

Willet Sibanda, 28, was forced to seek the safety of the station after men she described as 'Zulus' threatened to rape her younger sister, Thando.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

Thando, Vee, and the other Orphan Care workers watched as AIDS also led to the rapid economic decline, and sometimes disintegration, of families.

No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

For Thando, who had spent his entire life in rural South Africa and Swaziland, Johannesburg was a mystifying—and sometimes terrifying—place.

No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

It was she who had filed the application in the first place, with substantial help and continual prodding from Thando.

No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

The year before, Thando Mbhamali, the employee at Orphan Care who was working with the Mathenjwas, had been hijacked and his car stolen.

No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

After the death of Lungile, Thando, from Ophan Care, had helped Nozipho apply for a grant from the government to care for her younger siblings.

No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

Thando was the hardest worker I had ever met, and I gladly lent a hand, keeping an eye on him in Johannesburg and, with my family, chipping in to help pay for his residential fees.

No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007

Thando explained I was a journalist and that I was writing a book, but such details meant little to them.

No Place Left to Bury the Dead Nicole Itano 2007