• ROSINA SE DROOM, gebasseer op die lewensverhaal van Rosina Sedibane Modiba

ROSINA SE DROOM, gebasseer op die lewensverhaal van Rosina Sedibane Modiba

: Trok (L.)

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63pp., illus., paperback, David Philip Publishers, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9781485642671

 

Suitable for children aged nine to twelve.

Rosina Sedibane Modiba was born in 1958 in Atteridgeville. A track-and-field athlete at the height of apartheid, she became the first black South African woman athlete to win a gold medal in 1500m during the multi-racial provincial championships at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria in March 1977. After a knee injury ended her athletic career she worked as a teacher. The apartheid laws made it impossible for Rosina to be awarded Springbok colours. In 2014, a year after her husband wrote a letter to Athletics South Africa appealing for Rosina to be recognized, she was finally awarded a green jacket.

Text in Afrikaans. Also available in English, Setswana, isiZulu and isiXhosa.