Newsletter| The family of MK hero Stephen Mafoko have threatened to interdict Kalushi director Mandla Dube’s film about the Silverton Siege. They claim it is “insensitive” to create a movie about the incident for the sake of entertainment
The politically charged hostage thriller is the new project from acclaimed Kalushi director, Mandla Dube, who plans to retell the drama of January 25 1980 when three members of the ANC’s armed wing, Umkhonto weSizweStephen Mafoko, Humphrey Makhubo and Wilfred Madela - held 25 people hostage in a Volkskas Bank in Silverton.
Dube met Nosi, who only found out she is Stephen’s daughter in 2012, during a reading of the film’s script at The Market theatre. "I told Roni to tell them that I did not approach the family for anything other than to meet and know my bloodline since it was kept a secret from me for so long. But I sensed that the Mafokos would have preferred me to stay at arm’s length.”“In the cemetery, the Silverton Trio are buried next to each other. To my surprise, my father was the only one with no tombstone.
Modimola denies her claims, saying the issue of money was raised when some ANC members visited the family with a SABC crew who asked about the plans for the money.
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