Xoliswa sithole biography of donald

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We just wanted to highlight the plight of children in Zimbabwe but somehow a documentary is like a child. And also when I set out to make this film I was also very clear that I would have editorial control. So eventually I said okay I will make this film but it will go to whoever allows me percent editorial control. So the film does not say anything bad about Mugabe because I also know that the media want to latch onto that.

To blame one person is irresponsible, we are all collectively to blame when it comes to the situation in Zimbabwe. Guma: You were very emotional Xoliswa at times during your narrations in the film how was it for you in terms of you coping with what you were seeing? Sithole: sighs You know I make films, this is what I do and Zimbabwe is not a poor country.

Whether it is in America, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Sudan there is something morally wrong about having a society where children would have to…. And I know there are people who are doing something about it. It was just a tiny drop in the ocean. I missed people who are really-really trying to change things for the better in Zimbabwe or in the world.

Guma: The documentary has clearly spurred people into action as you are saying. I know thousands if not millions have been motivated into wanting to help, how can they do this? You know the same company that I work with, we made a documentary called orphans of Inkandla in South Africa in and that documentary raised millions and millions.

Makone warns of Egypt style uprising in Zimbabwe. Film maker Shrenik Rao Behind the Headlines. Guma: What sort of feedback have you been getting about the documentary? Let me just quote one pro-Zanu PF website. They are accusing you of exploiting vulnerable children and families to make the film. So answer that criticism and also maybe just tell our listeners what else people are saying to you.

Sithole: That was going to happen. That comes with the territory do you know what I mean? So the more people bark the more they are actually making me famous and everyone is going to want to watch the film. I even say complimentary things about Mugabe in that film. I just think kuti that there is the adage no publicity is bad publicity. Sithole: You know what my dear the government knows what it should be doing.

Xoliswa sithole biography of donald

There are a lot of other things that have been happening in Zimbabwe that are wrong that even some of my friends in ZANU will say yah, you know, but it wont be admitted publicly. This problem is just one of the many problems that Zimbabwe is facing. Guma: Is it not an issue of priorities. Let me give you one example. I was raised as a child of the Zanu party.

My stepfather's cousin Ndabaningi Sithole, founder of Zanu, was a prominent politician, and my cousin Edison Sithole the first doctor of law in southern and central Africa - he disappeared in , abducted by Ian Smith because he was a human rights lawyer and political activist. But while I was making this film the Zimbabwean government launched Operation Murambatsvina Remove the filth - a slum clearance programme that left thousands of people on the streets.

There are Michelle and Grace, who live with their father Joseph. Joseph dreams of saving enough money to pay for his children's education, but for now they all work - by digging bones from a rubbish heap and selling them. It hurts me. There is Esther, who looks after her mother as she dies of Aids, and also her younger brother, Tino. After her mother dies, Esther's life becomes simpler.

Children are now not only living on the streets, they are giving birth on the streets. A second generation of street children is growing up.