ARTS & CULTURE #Tapiwa

Seated under the shade of an apricot tree alone, Tapiwa was strumming his guitar for a good jam that refused to birth. He had tried various strums to no avail hoping to strike a good note in the end.

‘A boy, 12, was shot dead, yesterday afternoon in Soweto, by a shop owner, when he tried to steal a chocolate.’ A newspaper read.

Coming to South Africa in 1999, Tapiwa had struggle to survive in the world, where he knew no one, instead he had found himself roughing it up in the streets of Youville for virtually a year before he’d met Mandla, who offered him a place to stay.