He grew up in a community where male commoners, such as himself, were expected to become low-paid migrant labourers in the mines of apartheid South Africa.
वे एक ऐसे समुदाय में पले-बढ़े जहां पुरुष आम आदमी, जैसे कि दक्षिण अफ्रीकाकी रंगभेद की खदानों में कम वेतन वाले प्रवासी मजदूर बनने की उम्मीद थी ।