Zute Lightfoot : Photographer

IMAGE: Noor.
DESCRIPTION: Tour guide at the District Six Museum, Cape Town. I lived in District Six until 1975 when the area was bulldozed.... I love my job because I love to meet people. I have showed Al Gore, Margaret Thatcher and European royalty around the museum. I never get nervous because they are all human beings. I treat everybody the same, in my eyes everybody is a VIP. I am like this because this was the way it was in District Six. I enjoy meeting ex- residents; the museum acts as a focal point and meeting place for everyone who was sent to separate areas. Last week I met a woman whose face I recognised from 40 years ago! Some ex residents don't want to come here, as it can be very painful.... In 1992 we opened the District six museum for 2 weeks. Then in December 1994 we were invited by the government to open for another two weeks, we haven't shut since. Sometimes we get 500 visitors a day plus schools. For me things have changed for the better since 1994 but people must be realistic in their expectations of the government. The ANC started with nothing yet faced huge problems with crime, drugs and unemployment.... In ten years time? God willing I will still be here.


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IMAGE: Noor. DESCRIPTION: Tour guide at the District Six Museum, Cape Town. I lived in District Six until 1975 when the area was bulldozed.... I love my job because I love to meet people. I have showed Al Gore, Margaret Thatcher and European royalty around the museum. I never get nervous because they are all human beings. I treat everybody the same, in my eyes everybody is a VIP. I am like this because this was the way it was in District Six. I enjoy meeting ex- residents; the museum acts as a focal point and meeting place for everyone who was sent to separate areas. Last week I met a woman whose face I recognised from 40 years ago! Some ex residents don't want to come here, as it can be very painful.... In 1992 we opened the District six museum for 2 weeks. Then in December 1994 we were invited by the government to open for another two weeks, we haven't shut since. Sometimes we get 500 visitors a day plus schools. For me things have changed for the better since 1994 but people must be realistic in their expectations of the government. The ANC started with nothing yet faced huge problems with crime, drugs and unemployment.... In ten years time? God willing I will still be here.