Until her unexpected death last week, Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo worked as an assistant teacher at a preschool in Musgrave, Durban. She told the owner about "the Zuma rape trial" (rather than the Khwezi rape trial) and the fact that she had HIV/AIDS. But she was adamant that she wanted neither of the two issues to define her again and, until the day she died, not even a handful of her colleagues were aware of her past. Not everyone would have taken a chance on Kuzwayo, but it was her exuberance and strength of character that won over the school’s principal. She was forthright and confident, but also jovial and had the kind of warmth the principal knew would be a winner among the dozens of pupils she was about to place in Kuzwayo’s care. In the next four years, Kuzwayo pitched up at school every morning decked out in long, flowing, colourful dresses matched by her cheerful disposition. She was a favourite among the children and parents. She had began to study part-time at a local earl...
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