Ezekiel Hleza was born in Matholwa, Kafusi, Kezi, and grew up in his home village of Madipuduhudu in Gwanda. He attended Makokwe Primary School and Manama High School. After high school, he attended the University of Zimbabwe for his B.A. Degree and the Graduate Certificate in Education. He teaches English Language and Literature at Tshelanyemba High School. He has also briefly taught at Mpopoma High School in Bulawayo and Chamnangana Secondary School near Zezani in Beitbridge. A father of one daughter, he has published the following books: Emfuleni Wezinyembezi, Uyangisinda lumhlaba and Don’t Cry for Me.
After intense military training abroad, Umkhonto we Sizwe freedom fighters are determined to return home to South Africa as armed combatants alongside the masses struggling for liberation. Their planned route back necessitates crossing through Rhodesia. So they share their intentions with fellow com...