"Tsotsi," by contrast, stars South African Presley Chweneyagae, who previously only acted in community theater and school plays. Most of the movie is in street-gang slang called tsotsi-taal.

Tsotsi said Eskom executives are “using” some board members and Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown in an effort to upend the inquiry so that certain issues will be “covered up”.

He may not have won the Super Bowl, but the 20-year-old South African actor is making a victory lap of sorts, thanks to his title role in "Tsotsi." Nominated for a best foreign language film Oscar ...

Tsotsi conceded he feared being seen as an “enemy of ubaba” as the Guptas would often use Zuma’s name if someone refused to assist the family. “That is an interesting question.

Tsotsi is a cold-blooded thug, until he shoots a mother and takes her baby. Then the story becomes -- depending on your view -- either an uplifting story of emotional redemption and rebirth or a ...

The movie “Tsotsi,” directed by Gavin Hood and based on the novel by Athol Fugard, is about a criminal’s redemption. It is about the transformation in a person and the faith that helped. “Tsotsi” was ...

Tsotsi allegedly reached out to Myeni once more to meet. This time, she was in Durban and Tsotsi indicated that he wouldn’t mind going there to meet. “Myeni was in Durban at the time.

Tsotsi responds the only way he knows how, with rage. He viciously beats Boston, then sensing the repugnance of the other bar patrons and even the members of his gang, Tsotsi flees.

"Tsotsi" (in Afrikaans and Tsotsi-Taal street slang with subtitles) tells the story of the teenaged leader of one such pack, played with gritty resolve by stone-faced newcomer Presley Chweneyagae.

Awards were presented today at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, with Gavin Hood‘s “Tsotsi” winning the event’s People’s Choice Award voted by attendees of the festival ...

“Tsotsi” depicts Jo’burg, South Africa’s largest city, as a place with few haves and a vast shantytown population of have-nots. The positive reception isn’t limited to politicians.