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The Portfolio: Siphiwe Mhlambi on Jonas Gwanga, ‘a proper human being’
29 Jan 2021
Distinct sound: Jonas Gwangwa, pictured with Abigail Kubheka, had a down-to-earth way of relating to others. (Siphiwe Mhlambi)
several times. What qualities did he exude in person that you felt translated on the stage or in the photographs when you look back at them?
Ntate Jonas, when he is off stage, he is a proper, proper human being. He is like your uncle or your father or your grandfather. He has a son who is more or less the same age as me, Mojalefa. We get along very well. Whenever I see him [Ntate Jonas] I suppose maybe I see him a lot because he lives in the same neighbourhood there is that naturality that exists between us.