April 10th, 2009
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Interview with Ms. N. Zantsi
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General Topic of Interview: Zanempilo Clinic
Dates: 12 August, 2008
Location: Zanempilo Clinic, Zinyoka Location, King William’s Town, South Africa
Narrator: Ms. N. Zantsi
Interviewer: Vuyokazi Duna
Transcriber: Unknown
Translator: Unknown
Biographical Information:
Ms. N. Zantsi was a young teenager when the Zanempilo Health Clinic was built. Her mother worked on different projects with Steve Biko; both were from the same clan: Mgcina. Ms. Zantsi knew him as a generous and caring person. She now works at a creche in Zinyoka Location.
Interview Information:
Ms. Zantsi details the founding of the Zanempilo Health Clinic and the functions it had apart from a health center. Students could get meals there, and Zinyoka communty members would work on different proejcts there, such as making mats. As a caretaker in a creche, Ms. Zantsi notes that the government can afford to pay the creche only enough to supply the children under their charge with a single meal per day.