From a miner to a destitute:the life of Badubi Mosinyi
Friday, November 09, 2012
The Monitor team arrived at Mosinyi's homestead just after lunch and find the family resting under a tree, chatting away as if nothing matters on earth. The team was informed that Mosinyi was taking his afternoon nap because over the past few days he has not been feeling well. A little child was sent to wake him up as he had visitors.
Mosinyi comes around as someone who has a hearing problem because for him to get what the other person is saying, the person has to shout. He said in an interview that he spent most of his life as a miner in South Africa.
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