Wesley Leong was incarcerated at the age of 15 in 1996 at Pollsmoor Prison. He is currently part of Restore’s research and reintegration project.
On Saturday 19 October 2024, Restore took its reintegration class of formerly incarcerated clients to attend the screening of the three films on Dimitri Tsafendas at Bertha House Activism café movie theatre (My entire life I had never heard of Dimitri Tsafendas. The man who assassinated Dr Hendrick Verwoerd. The man who put an end to the apartheid era. In history, in school, in prison this man was never mentioned. He was a Mozambican born man of many exile countries.
I am proud to say that I thank him for what he did not only for me but for many in the Republic of South Africa. Mngqithi is aware of the early title race between Sundowns and Orlando Pirates but he’s not ready to press any panic button. Here is why… Here are the top 10 African countries with the highest life expectancy as per recent data from the United Nations.
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