Vinette Ebrahim Quotes

I was the one who initiated school plays and drama projects.

Although my role in Legacy was not big, I still enjoyed working with them.

They still pay me the same as, let’s say, 10 years ago,” she said. “I’m worth much more than that and so are my peers... I will take hands with anyone supporting my stance, something needs to be done.

At primary school I re-wrote the Nativity, inventing a story about a blind girl who dreamt about witnessing the birth of Jesus and when she woke up, on Christmas morning – she could see! My teachers were so impressed, they allowed me to direct it as well.

Even though I had friends as a child, I often chose to be on my own because my games were not conventional children’s games.

In high school, drama was not part of the syllabus, so I organised drama classes after school and did a play with a few other students which was recommended to be performed for the South African Black Students Association’s first national congress.

In my head Charmaine does no longer exist and I made peace with that ... A lot of people still call me Charmaine, especially in the shops

I’m not in a position where I can sit back and go on with life as normal without working ... I take on any and all of the jobs offered to me.

If I am to be known by a colour, then I want to be known as a brown South African. I tried for so long to be black, politically, but that proved to be a misnomer.