LESSON 6:

1.The four characters:

i) Who are they?

ii)  Explain their situations.

2.How mood is created:

i) Tsotsi’s silence.

ii) Shadows.

iii) Sitting, waiting for the darkness.

iv) Strained conversation.

v) Looking for a victim.

3. Gumboot Dlamini:

i) His name, like the names of the gang, is a label.

ii) Colonisation and its impact on names and identity.

iii) He introduces the theme of Fate and Destiny.

iv) His murder is a catalyst for:

• • • the disintegration of the gang.
    • Tsotsi’s transformation.

4. What does Tsotsi’s reference to Gumboot’s mother reveal about his regard for women/mothers?

Learner Preparation for LESSON 7:

1.Compare Tsotsi in Chapter 1 and in Chapter 12.

2.Research Migrant labour in SA.

LESSON 7:

1.Compare Tsotsi in Chapter 1 and  Chapter 12:

`a moment of hate at the last, he had learnt, disfigured the face in death’

i) His association with light.

ii) saying his name out loud.

iii) Acknowledging the milkman.

iv) People following him.

2. A discussion of migrant labour in South Africa.

MIGRANT LABOUR

3. Discuss Dlamini as a representative of migrant labourers in South Africa:

i) He is the symbol for fatherless children.

ii) His wife, Maxulu, will wait for his return, like Tsotsi’s mother, and Miriam.

iii) His death draws attention to the cycle of fatherless children, to unskilled mothers struggling to earn a living, and to the poverty and criminal activities perpetuated by apartheid.

Learner Preparation for LESSON 9:

1.Read Chapter 2

i) Look at the life circumstances of Soekie and Rosie.

ii) What does `Decency’ mean to the different members of the gang?