Kalushi

Kalushi
theatrical release poster
Directed byMandla Dube
Written by
  • Mandla Dube
  • Leon Otto
StarringThabo Rametsi
Thabo Malema
Welile Nzuza
Jafta Mamabolo
Louw Venter
Fumani Shilubana
Pearl Thusi
Gcina Mhlophe
Marcel van Heerden
Murray Todd
Release dates
  • 18 June 2016 (2016-06-18) (Durban International Film Festival)
  • 10 March 2017 (2017-03-10)
CountrySouth Africa
BudgetR20 million
Box officeR2.3 million

Kalushi is a 2016 South African film about Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, a nineteen-year-old hawker from the streets of Mamelodi, a township outside Pretoria in South Africa.[1] He was born in Pretoria on 10 July in 1956, the second son of Martha Mahlangu. His father left him in 1962, and from then on only saw him infrequently. His mother was a domestic worker and took sole responsibility for his upbringing. The film is based on a true story.[2]

  1. ^ Mandla Dube (2016). "Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu". Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu". SA History. Retrieved 22 September 2016.