Makatleho Selibo

Photograph

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W17 Gallery

Name/Title

Makatleho Selibo

Entry/Object ID

PIE4254

Description

Makatleho Selibo is the Widow of Mahola Selibo who worked as a team leader at President Steyn mine in Welkom. He worked underground for 33 years. He passed away in 2013 and suffered from tuberculosis and silicosis. He did not receive any compensation from the mines. On the weekends at the mines he would run a shoe repair business, fixing the broken soles of his colleagues; shoes. Mr and Mrs Selibo had four children and she now survives on subsistence farming and livestock.

Made/Created

Artist

Thom Pierce

Date made

2015

Edition

Edition Size

7

Edition Number

1

Dimensions

Height

80 cm

Width

67 cm

Location

Building

BANK

Workplace

Workshop17

Province

Gauteng

Valuations

Valuation Type

Pricing

Value

ZAR 5,800.00

Date

Jun 20, 2025

Intake

Notes

Thom Pierce (born 1978 in Jersey, Channel Islands) is an award-winning British photographic artist, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

General Notes

Note

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