Jackie Maarohanye
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Jackie Maarohanye, also known as Mama Jackey, Mama Jackie, or Angel of Soweto and mother of kwaito star Jub-jub, is known for running the Ithuteng Trust School in Soweto
, South Africa
. The Ithuteng Trust School was set up in 1997 by Maarohanye with the help of President Nelson Mandela
. The original goal of the institution was to specifically help disenfranchised youths, including rape victims, drug addicts, rapists, juvenile offenders, and other victims of abuse. Her story inspired the film Ithuteng
.
In 2006, the TV program Carte Blanche claimed that her pupils who claimed to be victims of various abuses were lying and prompted by Maarohanye in order to receive more funding. Jackey Maarohanye faces charges of assault and kidnapping after allegedly being part of a group that held a reporter and driver from the Sowetan newspaper hostage for more than six hours at the school on 19 February 2007.
In 2009, the school was closed and vandalised after several exposés showed that Maarohanye (the school's director and headmistress), had been using the pupils and school as a 'cash cow' to draw money out of high-profile donors including Oprah Winfrey and Bill Clinton.
On March 08, 2010 Jackie's son, Molemo Maarohanye
(Jub-Jub) was arrested on charges of culpable homicide and reckless or negligent driving. Molemo was involved in an accident whilst racing on the streets of Soweto. Four school teenagers were killed.
Police arrested Mama Jackie after hostage drama
Photo gallery of events
Soweto
Soweto is a lower-class-populated urban area of the city of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. The Ithuteng Trust School was set up in 1997 by Maarohanye with the help of President Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
. The original goal of the institution was to specifically help disenfranchised youths, including rape victims, drug addicts, rapists, juvenile offenders, and other victims of abuse. Her story inspired the film Ithuteng
Ithuteng
Ithuteng is a 2006 documentary film about the Ithuteng Trust School in Soweto, South Africa, its students and leader Jackie Maarohanye, referred to as Mama Jackey...
.
In 2006, the TV program Carte Blanche claimed that her pupils who claimed to be victims of various abuses were lying and prompted by Maarohanye in order to receive more funding. Jackey Maarohanye faces charges of assault and kidnapping after allegedly being part of a group that held a reporter and driver from the Sowetan newspaper hostage for more than six hours at the school on 19 February 2007.
In 2009, the school was closed and vandalised after several exposés showed that Maarohanye (the school's director and headmistress), had been using the pupils and school as a 'cash cow' to draw money out of high-profile donors including Oprah Winfrey and Bill Clinton.
On March 08, 2010 Jackie's son, Molemo Maarohanye
Molemo Maarohanye
Molemo Maarohanye known as Jub Jub is a South African Hip hop artist, and son of Jackie Maarohanye. He was arrested in 2010 and stands accused of killing four schoolchildren in a street race in Soweto. He has since been granted bail, a decision which led to some rioting and serious concerns for his...
(Jub-Jub) was arrested on charges of culpable homicide and reckless or negligent driving. Molemo was involved in an accident whilst racing on the streets of Soweto. Four school teenagers were killed.
See also
- IthutengIthutengIthuteng is a 2006 documentary film about the Ithuteng Trust School in Soweto, South Africa, its students and leader Jackie Maarohanye, referred to as Mama Jackey...
Police arrested Mama Jackie after hostage drama
Photo gallery of events