Rrekgetsi Chimeloane Author

Rrekgetsi Chimeloane was born in Diepkloof, Soweto, in 1964. After completing high school, he enrolled at a technikon, but his studies were disrupted by student unrest. He found employment in Sasolburg, where from 1986 to 1991 he stayed in a men's only hostel. This experience inspired The Hostel-Dwellers - a first-hand account, published in 1998. His first novel, To be like Siswe, was published in 1992. He currently lives in Soshanguve outside Pretoria.