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The Monitor

'Uncle Wes', as he is affectionately called by his colleagues and friends, moved to Gauteng to work in the factories soon after leaving school. Amongst his early jobs, he sold insurance and worked for a medical bookshop, which serviced almost the entire Southern African region. This was in the early 1950s, a period characterised by the infamous apartheid system. Like many of his fellow blacks living in South Africa during this time, the apartheid regime was a thorn in Seleka's flesh.