Mangaliso Sibanyoni was born and still lives in Soweto. He usually tells people that he was born at the terraces because his father was a sports fanatic – chairman of the Moroka Swallows FC Supporters Club and a member of the defunct Khazamula Boxing Promotions. Great soccer and boxing battles are still perched in his mind! His late farther was devastated when he crossed floors to support Bucs. He has been published a couple of times when Abdul Milazi was still editor of Sunday World in the contributors’ column he called Headspace

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