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| South African Township Child headed for the red carpet |
 Sobahle Mkhabase - South African township childEleven-year-old Sobahle Mkhabase lives in a township but is headed for the red carpet as the star of a new South African film scooping festival awards and drawing inevitable comparisons with "Slumdog Millionaire".Director Madoda Ncayiyana Sobahle, like the character she plays, has no contact with her father. She lives with her mother in a modest home in the Durban township of Chesterville. She was chosen from among 3,000 children who auditioned in township schools around the city, where Ncayiyana did the casting with a megaphone on the school grounds. "She just attracted my eyes," he told AFP. "She had a presence. I was thinking,  Share Link:               Set as favorite Bookmark Email this Comments (0)  Write comment Newer news items:
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