Tsotsi 2005

A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.

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The cast

Presley Chweneyagae Tsotsi

Jerry Mofokeng Morris

Terry Pheto Miriam

Zenzo Ngqobe Butcher

Zola Fela

Rapulana Seiphemo John Dube

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Nambitha Mpumlwana Pumla Dube

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Percy Matsemela Sergeant Zuma

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Thembi Nyandeni Soekie

Owen Sejake Gumboot Dlamini

Israel Makoe Tsotsi's father

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Sindi Khambule Tsotsi's Mother

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Benny Moshe Young Tsotsi

Mothusi Magano Boston

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