Don MacRobert
Don MacRobert helped set up the NPO, the Get Ahead Foundation, in Soweto in the early 1980s, where he served as a director for 15 years. By 1999 Get Ahead had created 40 000 job opportunities in the informal sector through its microcredit programme and training initiatives.
Don MacRobert is the founding chairman of Lawyers for Human Rights. In 1996 he was awarded the St Michael Award by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. In September 2020, the Anglican Church of Southern Africa conferred on him the Order of St Cyrene, its highest award for a layperson.
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White Fear
It is the early 1980s, and Don MacRobert finds himself in Soweto during the height of apartheid in South Africa and its abuse of human rights. It is here where he sees first-hand how systems of oppression have forced the majority of the nation’s population into abject poverty and without the means to provide beyond the basics of survival. Afraid and uncertain, but determined and not alone, Don seeks to overcome his fear.
In this authentic and visceral take on his time working in Soweto with the likes of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other influential figureheads, Don shares his experiences that often left him scared out of his wits.