Collen chauke biography of martin

Chauke, a former member of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto weSizwe, became infamous when he was arrested in connection with a R Nkosi, who is doing a feature film for the first time in his career, told Sowetan that he was always fascinated by Chauke's story and wanted to tell it. He started doing research ininterviewing police officers who worked on his cases.

He pointed out that it took longer to finally shoot the film due to lack of financial support from different institutions. He said, through the film, he tells the story of Chauke, how he grew up and his life in Angola as an MK cadre. It follows his life after his return and what led him to form a gang and start the robberies. The film will also highlight Chauke's life of booze and women.

Chauke died in at Kalafong Hospital in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, of an unknown disease. While in prison inhe converted to Islam and decided to change his name to Shiram Iman Dawood. Nkosi has previously produced films for Mzansi Magic and specialises in shooting music videos. Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.

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Collen chauke biography of martin

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